Yankee Boy Basin Wildflowers

Yankee Boy Basin is filled with wildflowers—the peak is this week (they say). Indeed, lots of flowers, but you need to go a couple hundred yards past where everyone stops to look at Twin Falls. Sadly, no columbines at all—not even one!

Yankee Boy Basin wildflowers--a glimpse

Yankee Boy Basin wildflowers–a glimpse

 
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These are dinky! Little blue bells between my fingers. No, I didn't pick them. I just held them so my camera would focus properly.

These are dinky! Little blue bells between my fingers. No, I didn’t pick them. I just held them so my camera would focus properly.

 
Tiny yellow flower. I didn't pick this one either. I'm holding it between my fingers so the camera will focus properly.

Tiny yellow flower. I didn’t pick this one either. I’m holding it between my fingers so the camera will focus properly.

 
More wildflowers, about a hundred yards beyond where most people stop to see Twin Falls.

More wildflowers, about a hundred yards beyond where most people stop to see Twin Falls.

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