Mike, Bob, Bill, Janet, Nancy, Linda, Heather, Heather, and I hiked nearly eleven miles starting from the parking lot for the Dixie Mine Trail.  We hiked: Dixie Mine, Coachwhip, Windmill, Bell Pass, Prospector, service road, Dixie Mine. Near the end of Prospector, Bill, Linda, the two Heathers, and I split off and hiked the canyon which led back to the petroglyphs and the mine.

A view from the Dixie Mine Trail:

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Some of the ocotillos are blooming!
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Four Peaks, wreathed in clouds:

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A view from the Coachwhip Trail:

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A view from the Windmill Trail. The cottonwood tree near the windmill can be seen in the center of the photo.

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We visited the area of the windmill on this hike…

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Kevin, Bob, Heather, Heather, Linda, Mike, Janet, Nancy, and Bill:

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Another view from the Windmill Trail:
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A view of Thompson Peak from the Bell Pass Trail:

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Another view from the Bell Pass Trail:

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Mike, hiking up the Bell Pass Trail:

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This is the view from the scenic viewpoint on the Prospector Trail:

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Many saguaros:
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A deep water-filled pothole.  For once, there were no bees here!  (It was a cool day though.)20170106-_dsc2207-edit-medium

Heather S:

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Heather J:

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This is the view as we neared the mine:

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