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It's not just creosote bush everywhere here; Indian paintbrush flowers pop up through a purple desert sage

3731-sage.jpg As the wash empties out onto the fan, the power lines are visible not too far awayThumbnailsBlue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)As the wash empties out onto the fan, the power lines are visible not too far awayThumbnailsBlue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)As the wash empties out onto the fan, the power lines are visible not too far awayThumbnailsBlue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)As the wash empties out onto the fan, the power lines are visible not too far awayThumbnailsBlue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)As the wash empties out onto the fan, the power lines are visible not too far awayThumbnailsBlue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)

I haven't seen sage in profusion today, but it's fairly common in areas higher than my campsite, up into the lower reaches of the Kelso Mountains.