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<p>Photos courtesy of Jake Bramante. On the way down from Triple Divide Pass to my camp at Red Eagle Lake I walked into a meadow of flowers that took my breath away. While it takes a long time for a forest that burns to become a forest again, I am always amazed at how much life shows up in the interim. One of those transitional plants is hollyhock. Up until this day, I'd only seen them in pictures. I fruitlessly tried to capture the scope of the flowers that blanketed the landscape. Picture in your mind this flower varying from white to lavender, about chest high in every direction as far as the eye can see, broken up by the silver and black pillars of dead trees. While unable to capture the scope, I settled for the beauty of a sample. More information of Bramante's project is available online at www.hike734.com</p>

<p>Photos courtesy of Jake Bramante. On the way down from Triple Divide Pass to my camp at Red Eagle Lake I walked into a meadow of flowers that took my breath away. While it takes a long time for a forest that burns to become a forest again, I am always amazed at how much life shows up in the interim. One of those transitional plants is hollyhock. Up until this day, I'd only seen them in pictures. I fruitlessly tried to capture the scope of the flowers that blanketed …

November 4, 2011