The patterns in the sand at Goblin Valley State Park were hypnotic. Surrounding the goblins, were these patterns where water had flowed around and down the goblins.
This is the Calypso Orchid (also known at the Fairyslipper Orchid). They grow in small bunches less than a foot off the ground in wooded areas.
This lovely little purple flower is called a Sugar Bowl. They are also known as Vase-flowers and Hairy Clematis. They can be found in British Columbia south into eastern Washington and Oregon and Montana and Wyoming. They can be found in sagebrush plains and grasslands and Ponderosa Pine forests.
