Simon and I hiked up Sentinel Mountain today. I thought it would be too late in the season already for the best display of flowers. Holy heck! Was I ever wrong.

I took a lot of photos – none of them of the view. Simon and I had the best day – most of it focussed on the flowers, some of which we had never seen before.

And the showers that were forecast – not a single one! We just had a glorious day. We were hiking with our favourite hiking partner (!) and loving it all – yes, even the steep bum-sliding parts.

But enough of that. I’ll just post the photos and that will tell you everything you need to know about a happy, joy-filled day with lots of snogging thrown in for good measure.