Friday’s hike was somewhat over seven miles. We hiked the North Trail, the Chuparosa Trail, and part of the Pemberton (out to Cedar Tank).
One of the things we noticed on this hike is that we’re starting to see fall colors in the ocotillo – many of the leaves had turned a golden yellow color.
We saw more flowers this week too!
Another golden ocotillo…
Linda, Janet, and Nancy examine an unusual saguaro. Most saguaros do not have arms so close to the ground. We thought it interesting, too, that there’s a fairly small arm near the ground.
We saw a rattlesnake sunning itself on the trail.
Linda and Michelle hiking the Pemberton Trail:
We saw a lone equestrian riding her horse on the 168th St Spur.
Yet another golden ocotillo with Four Peaks at the far right, in the background.
An interesting saguaro on the North Trail.
Looking up at the saguaro in the previous picture:
Susan says:
Really like the photos of the unusual saguaros — arms from the ground–curious? And the wild, wild West still exists with those great photos of the lone “rider”. And, your good ole’ snake pic reminds me they haven’t gone in for their winter’s rest:)
October 5, 2013 — 1:48 pm
Linda says:
That was a nice hike in that area of the park! Great photo of the rattler…..I didn’t get a good shot of him at all!!! Really like the macro photo of the flower with the sharp foreground and blurred background!
Linda
October 5, 2013 — 9:08 pm