EISPIRATEN

Last Wednesday hiked on the Lost Palms Oasis trail. Wildflowers were everywhere!

Last Wednesday, I hiked with my crazy Wednesday crew. We met in Joshua Tree at the Lost Palms Oasis trail. The initial plan was to hike to the top of Mastodon Peak first, but we decided to check out the cool, rock outcropping like we did in the past, just in case we ran out of time. I've been on thi...

I had a wonderful day hiking in the snow.

Crazy Hermit-Thanks for the photos!

Found this cool mushroom that I've never seen before.

Apricot Jelly

More pics

Hey Jeff, let me see you do this jump lol

Last week on Wednesday, I met some of my hiking buddies at Chaney Trail. It was a first time for the entire group hiking to Dawn Mine. Since I've been chasing waterfalls, I decided to make it a loop hike saving the falls for last. The trail was restored about a year ago by the Restoration Legacy Cre...

Found these mushrooms on the Dawn Mine trail last week just before it snowed on the trail.

Kiss my ass!

Uncle Rico wrote: ↑Did Sean hallucinate?

No but he started foaming at the mouth lol

We found these mushrooms hiking yesterday Esme canyon yesterday.


Scaly Rustgill


Large White Leucopaxallus

Bitter False Funnelcap


Red Cracking Bolete

I found this today hiking near the helipad by Henninger It was on the ground so we picked it up.

Uncle Rico wrote: ↑Saw these guys at the base of a log in Sycamore Canyon. They were about the size of my hand and kinda leathery. I mean the shrooms. My hands aren't leathery as far as I know.

Western Jack O' Lantern

Whoooohooo!!!
Love that jump

Yeah I believe now it was Royal falls

dima wrote: ↑Click on the picture

I also noticed the rock in your picture looks smooth. If you look at the pic I posted with my friend standing next to it the rock is different. It looks rough

dima wrote: ↑Click on the picture

Yeah this was not it. The one we saw was higher. Plus we could walk around the pool at the bottom. Wish I took more pics.

Here's the video. Sorry about the noise.

https://youtube.com/shorts/EfKgs57-TtQ?feature=share

Royal falls is in the middle of Royal Gorge, below Switzers. It's a short (<10ft) drop into a big pool. The walls on both sides are steep and rocky, so getting around is tricky. If you were looking at a fall from below, and it was easy to get around from above, then you weren't at Royal falls. From...

It's unclear to me where you were when you found the second waterfall. If you climbed above Switzer Falls, then you should have been traveling *up* the canyon, not down it. Were you heading upstream from Switzer Falls or downstream? Downstream, I believe, is Royal Gorge, but I've never been to it, ...

Very cool!

I'm still on my quest chasing waterfalls and mushrooms. So far waterfalls are flowing very nicely. However, the mushroom hunt has been scarce on my last two adventures. On Wednesday, I met my hiking buddies at the trailhead. It was short but hiking along the Gabrielino trail and the Arroyo Seco was ...

JerryN wrote: ↑nice finds!

I don't think that is a Russula. It is missing some of the characteristics and the pocket stalked russula fruits under Monterey Pine. The pics are great though.

You might be right. I was looking them up on a mushroom app. There are many names for the mushrooms. It was just a guess.

JerryN wrote: ↑It is a huge mushroomy year with all the rain. This one is a milk cap -- Lactarius Alnicoli. When they come out they are huge and in large numbers...and they are out

Wow! I didn't know they grew this large.
I've only recently found small milkcaps

Still chasing waterfalls, I hiked to Escondido Falls. A beautiful multi-tiered waterfall.

However, I'm too lazy to write another full report.

You can read about it here.
https://hikergirlinthewilderness.blogsp ... falls.html

Wow! You got me beat on the mushroom finds.

Jeff-the falls are bone dry during spring and summer.
Sometimes there is water trickling below in the canyon.

Found these shrooms on the San Juan Loop trail. Jack O' Lanterns 20230126_143708.jpg 20230126_143622.jpg Golden Milkcap 20230126_143240.jpg 20230126_142712.jpg Brownit 20230126_120410.jpg Pocket Stalked Rusula 20230126_111514.jpg 20230126_111554.jpg Silky Pinkgill or Rooting Shank 20230126_094454.jp...

After Zuma and Newton Falls I continued chasing waterfalls and mushrooms the next day in OC. I joined two friends hiking the San Juan loop. Both had never seen the falls. So I was more than happy to lead them on another adventure. Surprisingly, I found quite an array of mushrooms and lots of new spe...