Carnivorous plant bog excursion June 25 2022

[cruiserpilot]

Have a good day, wish I was on this one. I'm gonna be in the sunny skies over Pennsylvania today.
Got to admit, top 5 of the prettiest states in the US. Fun place to wander around

 

[seapotato]

Once the coffee has taken hold, we'll load up.

If I'd thought about it sooner I'd have popped the roof off the 40 and brought it, but it's a bit late now.

60 is better at making speed limits.

Not to mention the sunburn I don't need

 

[seapotato]

Enacting Rule #1 then we're on our way.

 

[seapotato]

That was fun. Interesting terrain, very different...

We took the long way back, pausing for a beverage at Jake's on the Lake in Lake Cowichan.

 

[stevebradford]

Awesome times and very different up there. The first bog we visited we call Kludahk bog and Meadow bog second.

 

[seapotato]

Couple of random shots swmbo took.

A Canadian cenote and a sign of the apocalypse.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Going to have to get directions this place. Head up there in a couple of weeks myself.

 

[stevebradford]

An excited botanist tells me I discovered a tiny plant thats not been previously documented to grow this far down south, Kalmia procumbens an alpine azalea.

Thought this golden mushroom was pretty cool.

And this is the newly described carnivorous plant only last year, Triantha occidentalis or western false asphodel.

 

[seapotato]

Going to have to get directions this place. Head up there in a couple of weeks myself.

Yeah it was worth it. Once we got back I had a look at Google maps, supposedly only 19 minutes longer to go via the back road through lake Cowichan.

We'd intended to stop at the Renfrew pub for lunch, but couldn't remember where it was and our phones didn't work, so we said ****it and headed for Cowichan.

An excited botanist tells me I discovered a tiny plant thats not been previously documented to grow this far down south, Kalmia procumbens an alpine azalea.
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Thought this golden mushroom was pretty cool.
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And this is the newly described carnivorous plant only last year, Triantha occidentalis or western false asphodel.

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Ha. I totally thought you were calling them ass fiddles.

 

[stevebradford]

A couple more.

I had to pay Seapotato 3 future beers to get a picture of him, some sort of spectre or vampire, maybe even a criminal! Possibly..

 

[seapotato]

A couple more.

I had to pay Seapotato 3 future beers to get a picture of him, some sort of spectre or vampire, maybe even a criminal! Possibly..
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Only 3? I can already feel it stealing my soul.

Seems like the price for my glorious figure to grace your spank bank should be much higher.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Thanks for the great pics. Really wish I could have joined.

 

[OTBT]

Steve - are there any fish in the water at that bog ?

Great photos !