Skyline hike to Lake Marie

Sunday Jake hit a great milestone. He hiked all the way to Lake Marie and back without having to be carried. That is quite a hike and he did a great job. There were a couple of spots on the way down that were touch and go but he pulled it off. Along the way we had some pretty good finds. Lots of blue bellies, a scorpion, a big ass moth, caterpillars, quite a few varieties of wildflowers, and a big rattle snake.



Big Moth Kenny found sitting in the brush.



Jake's quick hands caught this adolescent little blue belly.



Flip of a rock and bam, big ass scorpion.



Jake almost to the lake.



Jake and Kenny first set of ruins along Lake Marie road.



Jake and a whole lot of Turkey Tails.



Very cool wildflower. Shot from underneath looking into the sun.



Another view of the same type of wildflower. Sorry for the so so picture still not used to the new camera.



Sunflower on the hike up.



Another pretty wildflower. Many more on my Flickr.



Big rattle snake.