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    Up close for a shot of lupine flowers.
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    A logging truck makes its way down the road among purple blooms.
  • may_10_bald_hills_lupine_5875
    Logging truck traffic means visitors need to be extra careful driving and parking.
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    “Bald” hills no more, at least while the lupines bloom.
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    The blooms are coming to the end of their time, so catch them while you can.
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    The zigzag road through the flowers.

Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the managing editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of...