I saw the above fungus again today and I flashed on what it is: Indian Pipe. Very interesting little guy to run across.
I used ‘Talus Rocks’ in the title to make it sound different, but in fact this is the same Tiger Mountain hike I did last week, but instead of going down via the Nook Trail I took the Talus Rocks trail over to West Tiger #3, to the Bus Trail, etc. This adds a couple of hills and about a mile to the hike. Plus, the rocky part of Talus Rocks is pretty cool looking and, relatively speaking (Tiger Mountain tends to be busy on a Saturday morning) isolated.
Back to reality and the Fourth of July, which in my neighborhood is incredibly loud.
The Track:
