Around the campground

The weather has been pretty miserable, but we did get out and take a walk around the campground. It initially appears small (like maybe 10-12 sites in the front where we are), but it goes way up the hill behind us -- a total of 150 sites, I think! 

We saw a few lupines:

They are so pretty -- often we see them while we are driving in masses along the side of the road (but not in any places that we've been able to stop and take pictures!).

It raised a question in my mind, "What's the difference between a wildflower and a weed?" Google pointed me to an article from UNC (https://ncbg.unc.edu/2019/05/20/wildflower-or-weed/), quoting a part of it here:

I once read that the only difference between a wildflower and a weed is our perspective. Anyone who has noticed a sea of pale purple as they pass a roadside patch of lyre-leaf sage or seen the billowing white waves of frost aster growing in a powerline right-of-way will most definitely agree with this. Many of the native plants we see growing along our roadsides or in old fields are often thought of as weeds, but many of these species can be attractive elements of the garden.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a weed is defined as “a plant that is not valued where it is growing” and a wildflower is defined as “an uncultivated plant” and “a flower that grows in natural places without being planted by people.” These are broad, simplistic definitions, but they suggest that it is all open to interpretation.

These are definitely flowers in my opinion!

They are much larger (taller with larger flower stems) than Texas bluebonnets, but I guess they are in the same genus (Lupinus).

Maybe we'll get some better pictures before we leave Canada.