Potwisha - Pretty Face

Today, a friend and I drove up to the lower part of Sequoia National Park in search of wildflowers. We didn't have a plan, we were just gonna stop at a couple familiar spots and start walking. The first stop was in a lot across the street from Potwisha campgound. Along the trail we came across some old Native American paintings on a granite boulder on the side of the hill. If your not looking for it, you'll definitely miss it. The trail continues along the Middlefork of the Kaweah River until you come to a fairly new suspension bridge where the trail crosses over. At the opposite side of the bridge, we stood and watched he rage of the river as it crashed over large boulders. We were curious as to where the trail was leading to, so we hiked another 20 yards and found patches of wildflowers. We photographed flowers here for about an hour and a half. The trail ended at a flume control house. On our way out, we took a different trail that was leading the same way back to the vehicle. I'm glad we did, because this is where I found this flower in the photo above. The flower is: Triteleia - ixioides "Starlight" or "Pretty Face". We drove up the hill a little further and stopped on the side of the road at Big Fern Springs. Here we found a few cascades, granite boulders with bright green moss and an eight-foot waterfall. We photographed here for about an hour. I think it's funny when tourist driving by, see a couple guys with cameras, immediately pull-over and try to see what their missing then, just as fast, they hop back in their car and continue driving up the hill.