Summer reigns in this high mountain kingdom. The slopes here are somewhat, but only slightly, less steep, and there is even a little bit of soil as we know it. Late summer asters, sulfur flowers, and penstemon, soft lavender blue, brilliant yellow and scarlet red in turn, brighten these hillsides. This year, this time, the stream has ceased flowing. Lemon lilies, lovers of moisture, are finishing up their gaudy display that enlightens the dark shady places.
Pretty bluebirds fly back and forth over the wet meadow.
One lone wallflower still blooms. Changes At Chilao, which is lower still in elevation, and flatter yet, but by no means level, the stream bed is also very dry. Tall spikes of mullein with soft and velvety leaves inhabit these dry washes. Great Basin sagebrush is putting forth buds. Chamise flowers are browning.