tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post8948439091189667244..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Wind, Wildflowers and WarmthCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-49282282206340198532013-04-29T15:12:19.237-07:002013-04-29T15:12:19.237-07:00I went hiking with a fried on Whiskey Dick Mountai...I went hiking with a fried on Whiskey Dick Mountain that same day, Cliff, and yes, it was WINDY! I doubt that we had five seconds of calm all day. The average was probably about 25 kts. Windmills made lots of power, no doubt.<br /><br />But as you say the flowers were at their best. Barrel Cactus, Phlox, lipine, and others; the balsamroot just starting. All in all, I think it was the best display of desert flowers that I have ever seen around Washington.<br /><br />We did not see any ticks, but Ferdi, don't count on them not carrying Lyme disease- I have heard of it.<br /><br />AnselAnselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835758313287462921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-86933011334907612352013-04-27T23:40:19.495-07:002013-04-27T23:40:19.495-07:00Very much like the extreme east end of the Columbi...Very much like the extreme east end of the Columbia River Gorge in terms of vegetation, strong wind, and average temps....Karl Bonnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418986386619849310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-90566086596738066902013-04-22T17:38:32.486-07:002013-04-22T17:38:32.486-07:00Nice Cliff. I plan on going over there early next ...Nice Cliff. I plan on going over there early next week. I'll be up on the Waterville Plateau. I hope to photograph wildflowers. But Unknown is right, the ticks are bad. At least they don't carry Lyme disease on that side of the mountains. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-62542319604329323042013-04-22T12:23:19.409-07:002013-04-22T12:23:19.409-07:00pediocactus simpsonii is the cactus,
balsamorhiza...pediocactus simpsonii is the cactus, <br />balsamorhiza hookeri is the Sunflower relative. Nice find! Thanks for the great blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372048480663447864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-88396019032716728742013-04-22T09:51:33.026-07:002013-04-22T09:51:33.026-07:00I knew a guy named Wendell Brown once. He used to...I knew a guy named Wendell Brown once. He used to own a bike shop in Jackson, WY.<br /><br />jno62https://www.blogger.com/profile/07471604978940553463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-5921953989416480082013-04-21T15:40:15.005-07:002013-04-21T15:40:15.005-07:00The desert flowers in spring are amazing... but on...The desert flowers in spring are amazing... but one thing I would mention to people heading over.... watch for ticks. <br /><br />They can be amazingly horrible over there, and their peak seems to coincide with the flowers'.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05002919999253657823noreply@blogger.com