Chuck and Rob before we left the nearly empty (but not for long) park around 8:30 a.m.
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Diann is ready to roll.
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Looking West, this is about the most ugly, desolate hunk of trail I have ever had the pleasure to ride on.
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Looking back to the East as Chuck arrived, it wasn't any prettier.
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About the most-colorful things on this stretch of trail were the tube stands.
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This mystery plant caught the eye of both Diann and I, both of whom wouldn't mind having it in our wildflower gardens. Anyone know what it is?
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Another view of the mystery plant.
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Well, it may have been an ugly stretch of trail, but the coreopsis was blooming in full and there was still some phlox hanging on too.
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We started to pick up some shade on the trail near his intersection.
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Same intersection, more of a hint at where we were. Suffice it to say that this was "the middle of nowhere."
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At one crossroads, I spotted this section of actual old rail bed that was covered in wild flowers.
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Rob, Diann, and Chuck wait while I take pictures.
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