Blue Bells
I always feel a general impetous during a hike to "keep moving", to get to the destination. Carrying a camera with me has hushed that voice in my head, but not silenced it. Still, there are places on nearly every trail at almost require a moment's pause. This piece is from a photo of one of those places.

The Chasm Lake Trail starts with a lot of "up" at the beginning (now that I about it, the whole darned trail was "up"). Occassionally, there are switch backs as you ascend a steep portion of the trail. At this particular point, a stream was pacing the trail that had briefly (and mercifully) leveled off. The break in the incline created a natural pool that was shaded by the trees and growth that had sprung up around itand was wreathed and crowned in a splendid profusion of blue and indigo flowers.

With the morning sun slanting in and on the rise, the place offered a welcome moment of rest... and a little shutter bugging.