Colombia Coriopsis at Detroit Lake (+5 insets)

(+5 insets)

Moving On to Detroit Lake!
The day finally arrived when Steve and I said our goodbyes to LaPine State Park and headed to our next campground stop. We were counting our lucky stars every single day on our 2-part Covid Summer Trip! How fortunate that in the middle of a world pandemic, we had a way to travel safely and still have a fabulous time!

From LaPine State Park we drove two hours north and pulled into Detroit Lake State Park. This park turned out to be a very popular destination for families, party people and water sport fans and though we had a wonderful time, it was ultimately too boisterous and loud for us. My two trip reports are linked from insets 2 and 3.

Today's Picture
Detroit Lake Campground's rocky beach was a wonderful surprise for photography. There were lots of flowers and the brightest were the glowing yellow Colombia Coreopsis. I couldn't get enough of them! This beautiful blossom even has a tiny fly on the edge of a petal, complete with iridescent wings.

Today's Insets
The first inset is a narrow vertical crop that shows these flowers in several stages: drying bloom getting ready to create seeds, a bud preparing to explode into bloom, and in the background, a blossom in bokeh to reflect upon. Such fun scenes to capture.

Inset 2 (Colombia Coreopsis) and 3 (Creeping Sage) are clickable and will bring you to individual trip report pages about our stay at Detroit Lake and each is loaded with many insets to enjoy.

The last two insets are our trip maps to remind you where we are on our adventure, in case you've been following along. It's the second part of our Covid Summer Trip, so that map is presented first, with the first part map posted for you to see as well.

Thank You!
How wonderful to get so many visits from folks looking at my pictures! It's all a person could hope for but I get more. You guys are so kind for leaving such nice comments and stars too...THANK YOU SO MUCH! :) I think we all hope that our pictures will be seen by at least a few people, so I'm always so happy that I usually get a bunch of visitors who appreciate my presentations. You're the best.

Please stay safe, dry and warm!

Explored on 4/03/21; highest placement #3.