Buttermilk Bend (+ a visit to Grass Valley) - Photos by Susan Mulloy and Phil Huntingdale

The hike begins

Globe Lily

Pretty Face

Scotch Broom - very invasive, non-native plant

Bleeding Hearts

Janie and Ben on a very muddy trail

A very full South Yuba River

The group pauses at a bridge - two different photographers views


Beautiful succulent Canyon Dudleya - also called Canyon Live Forever

Dan leads the hike

And Phil sweeps

On the trail

Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly visiting a Twining Brodiaea

And visiting a Canyon Dudleya

The girls pose

Waterfall cascade along the trail

Is that a happy, handsome group, or what?

Janie and the boys

A Grass Valley victorian house