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I encounter a nice patch of Mojave asters on the way down into the valley below Castle Peaks

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2688-mojave-aster.jpg I climb up the next hill and down into a juniper-studded valleyThumbnailsIn this little valley below Castle Peaks, I reach an old closed road, a perfect trail after a bit of cross-country hikingI climb up the next hill and down into a juniper-studded valleyThumbnailsIn this little valley below Castle Peaks, I reach an old closed road, a perfect trail after a bit of cross-country hikingI climb up the next hill and down into a juniper-studded valleyThumbnailsIn this little valley below Castle Peaks, I reach an old closed road, a perfect trail after a bit of cross-country hikingI climb up the next hill and down into a juniper-studded valleyThumbnailsIn this little valley below Castle Peaks, I reach an old closed road, a perfect trail after a bit of cross-country hikingI climb up the next hill and down into a juniper-studded valleyThumbnailsIn this little valley below Castle Peaks, I reach an old closed road, a perfect trail after a bit of cross-country hiking

I'm a little late this year: many of the Mojave asters I've been seeing are near the end of their flowering season, unlike this one.