There are foothills in the Bear Lake Valley that always have
a lot of spring wildflowers, but this year is exceptional. Linda and I were invited to a wedding at a
beautiful house on 300 acres high in the foothills and were amazed at the view
and the mass of wildflowers. The owners
graciously invited us to return for photos, and we went back twice.
Most of the flowers are arrowleaf balsamroot, a showy, large flower. Many acres of the hillside are a mass of yellow because of these flowers.
This area had several varieties of lupine mixed with the
arrowleaf balsamroot.
Here are two of the many variations of lupine.
Patches of blue camas were a surprise because they are
usually found in wetlands. When I went
back a couple of days later many of them were drying out.
We continued higher up the hill on our second visit. The mass of yellow flowers disappeared and were
replaced by scattered Indian paintbrush. It is remarkable how the elevation change made such a difference. It has been a beautiful spring.
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