Indian Head, Sawteeth, Gothics to L. WolfJaw |
Etown4, Spotted Mtn, and E Dix |
We are ready to set camp |
a stream crossing |
evening glow across Rhododendron Pond |
morning brings a glimpse of Sawteeth |
and road walk on AMR |
soon to breakfast on Indian Head |
with its grand view of the lower ausable |
boaters pass below -- racing us to Gothics |
the dam |
rainbow falls |
indian pipes |
a mossy stream on the sawteeth ascent |
tinder polypore |
refreshment on sawteeth |
with a lovely view |
bluebead lilies |
and a view on pyramid |
then lunch on Gothics |
red tipped goblet lichen |
a white throated sparrow |
a plane below |
ladybug retracts |
the trail on Gothics |
the trail off Gothics |
mushrooms |
lovely mushrooms |
armstrong ladder |
upper wolfjaw pose |
lower wolfjaw view |
mullen |
columbine fades |
blackberries |
purple flowered raspberry |
fleabane |
comb tooth mushroom |
crossing the ausable river |
scaly vase chanterelle mushrooms |
hobblebush berries |
yellow fly agaric mushroom (?) |
on the way to Elizabethtown number 4, a yellow bellied sapsucker at work |
its mate soon chases away the hummingbird |
views on the climb |
a flower |
breakfast view on number 4 |
bunchberries |
summit wet spot |
fine by me |
fire cherries |
we have come a long way from elizabethtown number 4 |
great camouflage |
a nice bunch of blueberries |
a spider waits |
a philadelphia vireo |
we are not alone: footprints |
great view between peaks |
a mushroom |
labrador tea |
really close to east dix |
balsam fir cone |
posing on east dix (grace) |
a bird flies |
zach perches above the slide |
with Giant in the background |
a dragonfly |
a Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly |
we begin the descent |
well on the way |
but plenty to go |
trillium fruit |
crown tipped (?) coral mushroom |
soon to be refreshed |