Trail to Storm King trailhead

Pete Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Tank Lakes, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Early on along the Sol Duc River trail

Tall trees in Olympic National Park along the Sol Duc trail

Looking over the Bridge Creek Basin

Designated camp-pond.

Rained and snowed most of the night. There are at least three bears on the hills behind us. We could see five at once at one point, all gorging on ripe berries.

Mt. John hike

Sunrise hike to Hooker Lake and Mt. Cook viewpoint

Sunrise hike to Hooker Lake and Mt. Cook viewpoint

Sunrise hike to Hooker Lake and Mt. Cook viewpoint

Nugget Point Lighthouse

Purakaunui Falls

Slope Point

Slope Point

Slope Point

Milford Sound

Lucky to capture this sunset when we arrived at the Lake Wanaka Lookout

Entoloma hochstetteri

The bright sky-blue colour of Entoloma hochstetteri resembles the blue wattle of the kōkako bird; hence the Māori name for this fungus, werewere-kōkako. It is sometimes common in lowland conifer–broadleaf forests.

Lake Matheson viewpoints

Whataroa

Kumara Cemetary

High in the hills above the country township of Kumara, lies the old cemetery. Surrounded by pine plantations, this cemetery contains burials for the many different nationalities who resided in the area in its earliest days; English, Irish, Swiss, Swedish, German, etc. many of whom came to join the gold-rush in the area.

Kaikoura

Kaikoura

Kaikoura

Lyman Lakes and glacier basin from Cloudy Pass

So many flowers on the trail to Image Lake