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I'm also just high enough now above Ivanpah Valley to see a few flowers in addition to the creosote-bush scrub

7497-nipton-moore-road.jpg Yellow creosote bush flowers, barbed wire, Ivanpah Dry Lake, and that white peak in the distanceThumbnailsSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeYellow creosote bush flowers, barbed wire, Ivanpah Dry Lake, and that white peak in the distanceThumbnailsSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeYellow creosote bush flowers, barbed wire, Ivanpah Dry Lake, and that white peak in the distanceThumbnailsSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeYellow creosote bush flowers, barbed wire, Ivanpah Dry Lake, and that white peak in the distanceThumbnailsSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeYellow creosote bush flowers, barbed wire, Ivanpah Dry Lake, and that white peak in the distanceThumbnailsSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscape

This tuft of buckwheat blooms is one of the first I've seen today, but I'll probably see many more as I gain elevation.