Mission accomplished
Mission today was to locate the 5th Gentian that can be seen in the Sierra Nevada (there are 6 apparently).
Adventures, wildlife, and life in the Alpujarras
Mission today was to locate the 5th Gentian that can be seen in the Sierra Nevada (there are 6 apparently).
The clouds enveloped us on and off. A big boom of thunder decided where we would spend the night.
Bumped into this beautiful Ladder snake having a snooze, warming up, or whatever he was doing, on the dog walk yesterday morning.
We took the national park bus up into the Sierra Nevada. Then we dropped down into the impressive Corral de Veleta and started our ascent up Cerro de los Machos.
This time we did an overnight camp to enable us to do this round trip. It was a short walk on the first day to our overnight camp spot at Lavaderos de la Reina.
The annual bathing of the dogs happened today, Rita is super white again 😎 Arko is dirtier than before
Another grand day out in the mountains this time we went up Cerro de Caballo (3009m).
We beat the sun up to this point this morning. About 500m of ascent. A very cool tree Yep he did it again. He clearly likes a mud facial Do you think Sooty is relaxed? Robust Marsh Orchid First 4'O cl...
We had the most amazing storm. Ahead of the storm some very cool Mammatus clouds formed.
We had the most amazing day today, again, in another of my favourite mountain areas and it didn't fail with it's beautiful display of wildflowers, many endemic, and nature.