Our last day of paragliding we headed to Herd Peak. The weather forecast was good, but unfortunately the wind was too strong to launch. ("blown out" in paragliding lingo) On the positive side, it was so strong that we didn't have to hum and haw over whether to fly.
We drove up to the launch anyway. There are beautiful views of Mt. Shasta and the wildflowers were wonderful. Normally I like to take close ups of flowers but with the wind so strong that was pretty much impossible.
I managed to get this close up by finding a flower inside a bush where it was sheltered from the wind.
Since we had time, we stopped in at the nearby Living Memorial Sculpture Garden.
These photos were taken with the little ZS100 since I thought we'd be flying, not photographing.
For more of these photos see all 15 as a slideshow or overview
See also Shelley's blog post
We drove up to the launch anyway. There are beautiful views of Mt. Shasta and the wildflowers were wonderful. Normally I like to take close ups of flowers but with the wind so strong that was pretty much impossible.
I managed to get this close up by finding a flower inside a bush where it was sheltered from the wind.
Since we had time, we stopped in at the nearby Living Memorial Sculpture Garden.
These photos were taken with the little ZS100 since I thought we'd be flying, not photographing.
For more of these photos see all 15 as a slideshow or overview
See also Shelley's blog post
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