Blond Morels at Lake Chelan Washington on 5-25-11

We were going up to Lake Chelan around May 25th. It's been a while since then but I figured I should post about the black Morels and blond Morels that we found. Our first day, of 3, was the best. We went near Twenty-Five mile Creek State Park on Lake Chelan. In general there were more trees in this area and just looked a little more lush then other areas nearby. We decided to use a small creek to help get us into the nearby pine trees that we could see were about a quarter mile away. As we walked along the creek we found ourselves in a very nice grove of willow trees. It was grassy with young willow trees providing nice shade. It was a great walk but right away we started finding black Morels. Near the creek and growing in the shade of the willow trees. After a while we found about 15 black morels and 2 monster blond morel mushrooms. Once we got into the pines we only found about 10 more black morel mushrooms. The other 2 days were a bust we found about 10 total but the hikes were nice. Here are the pictures we took from this trip:

Black Morel Mushrooms at Lake Chelan 2011

These are some black Morels we found in the pines ^

Two Huge Blond Morel Mushrooms at Lake Chelan 2011

Whaaaat time is iiiiit? Time to eat these monster blond Morel mushrooms seen here next to my normal sized wristwatch ^

Martin Smit Holding a Deer Antler we Found

Lastly, we found this 7 point deer antler. I know you can't see all seven but they are there! It was a pretty cool find.