Marilyn and I hiked 8.6 miles at Lake Pleasant on Sunday. We hiked the Pipeline Canyon, Yavapai Point, and Wild Burro trails. We both liked the Pipeline Canyon and Yavapai Point trails. The portion of the Wild Burro trail that we hiked wasn’t quite as impressive, though we did see some wild burros as we made our way back; this made it worthwhile.
The view from one of the picnic sites near the parking lot:
A view of the floating bridge on the Pipeline Canyon Trail:
A view from the bridge:
Marilyn, on the Pipeline Canyon Trail:
A view of the lake from the lower portions of the Yavapai Point Trail:
Saguaros on the Yavapai Point Trail:
Marilyn on the Yavapai Point Trail. This trail leads to the top of a hill overlooking the lake.
Several views from the Yavapai Point Trail…
A view from the Wild Burro Trail. The yellow vegetation are plants that are drying up. It’s somewhat more yellow in this photo than it was in real life.
Two shots of the wild burros that we saw on the way back…
Marilyn on the Wild Burro trail:
Marilyn took these photos of the burros with her Sony RX10:
I got these photos with my HX90V. (I used the A7RII for the earlier photos.)
Linda says:
What a wonderful hike!!! I may have to try and get out there sometime this winter……I would be so thrilled to see wild burros…..can’t wait to see Marilyn’s pic of them! What a beautiful place we live!!!
November 9, 2015 — 6:24 pm
Kevin says:
The burros were cool.
I heard one braying as we hiked the trail, but we did not see them. On the way back, we saw just one burro at first, but it was pretty far away. I took photos of it with my HX90V, but even at maximum zoom, it didn’t fill the frame very well.
A short while later, we saw a larger group coming down the hill to our left. They crossed the trail and entered the same valley with the lone burro. (The lone burro arrived in the valley from another direction.) The lone burro and the group joined together and made their way to water to drink. Afterwards, they grazed on the vegetation in the exposed portions of the lake.
We spent perhaps 20 minutes watching them and taking photos.
November 9, 2015 — 9:50 pm
Linda says:
Beautiful pictures Marilyn!!! I hope if I get out there one of these days that I’m as lucky as you two were seeing them.
November 10, 2015 — 1:10 pm
Ranger Terry Gerber says:
Nice pictures of the burros Kevin and Marilyn! Let me know if I have your permission to repost on the Lake Pleasant Regional Park Facebook page? Ranger Terry
November 11, 2015 — 11:59 am