Category: Flowers (page 1 of 4)

Friday Wildflowers

Marilyn and I hiked a little over seven miles through desert near our house.

Owl Clover:

Poppies:

We were on State Trust Land; there’s a lot of junk near the road, but if you are selective about where you look, there’s certainly beauty in the area.

Looking toward the McDowells:

Hedgehog blossoms:

New Mexico Thistle:

I think this is either Spiny Goldenweed or Slender Goldenweed, but I’m not sure which.

Desert Marigold:

I was excited because we got to explore a wash that I hadn’t seen yet.

Chia:

Brittlebush:

Looking toward Four Peaks:

Lupine:

Looking toward the McDowells:

 

Hedgehog cactus blossom:

A view of Red Mountain:

Cholla blossoms:

Sunday Hike – Wagner-Granite-Bluff Loop

Marilyn and I hiked 5.5 miles in MMRP on Sunday. Flowers are blooming here, especially the owl clover.

Fiddleneck:

I don’t know what these are.

Globemallow:

Owl clover:

We saw many large patches of owl clover along the Granite Trail.

Brittlebush; it’s blooming now, but not as much as I expected.

Lupine:

There’s a small patch of brittlebush in this photo of Red Mountain.

More brittlebush in the foreground. Our destination was the boulders near the bottom of the photo.

Brittlebush and chuparosa here…

Poppies along the Bluff Trail. Up until that point, we hadn’t seen many poppies on our hike.

Sunday Hike – MMRP Flowers

On Sunday, I hiked Wagner, Granite, Bluff, and then back on Granite and Wagner. Nick told me that the flowers were thick along the Granite Trail near the wash. He was right.

Saguaro Blossoms

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Friday Fitness Hike

Mike, Bob, and I hiked a loop of about 8.5 miles starting from the Wagner Trailhead.

Some of the wolfberries are drying up, but these still look okay.

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A dead tree in Stoneman Wash:

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A very pretty and rocky area of the park:

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Mike and Bob:

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Views of the Superstitions in the background…

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Ratany blossoms:

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More boulders…

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Sandwash Groundsel:

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More boulders…

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A lone poppy amongst a lot of dry grass.

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Still more boulders…
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Sandwash Groundsel in Stoneman Wash:

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Cross F Wildflowers

Marilyn and I did a short hike near the Cross F Trailhead on Sunday. The area still has abundant wildflowers…

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Sunday Hike – Pine Creek Loop / Ballantine Trail

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Friday Fitness Hike

Doug, Bob, Mike, Elaine, Denise, Linda, and I hiked 11.9 miles starting from the Dixie Mine Trailhead.  (Elaine turned back early for a six mile hike.)  We noticed that some of the cactus flowers are starting to bloom and that other flowers are beginning to dry out.

A view of a blooming ocotillo from the Dixie Mine trail.

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Mine tailings…

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Petroglyphs:

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Doug, Linda, Denise, Elain, Mike, and Bob:

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Bob, Mike, Doug, Elaine, Denise, and Linda:

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Wolfberries:

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Prickly Pear blossoms:

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Mariposa Lily:

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A view from the Prospector Trail, just prior to meeting up with the Bell Pass Trail:

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A view from the Bell Pass Trail:

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Prickly Pear Blossoms:

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Saguaros in the wash:

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Rain falling on the large panel of corrugated metal sheets flows into a trough at the bottom. Pipes leading from the trough fill a holding tank lower down. Barely visible (behind some vegetation) at the left is a mostly submerged and concrete lined tank which is sloped on one side for animals to enter and drink. We’re not entirely certain how water flows from the large holding tank to the drinking tank; the pipe leading from one to the other was well above water level and there is no evidence of a pump at this site.  (It’s possible that there’s an underground pipe which we could not see.)

We had observed this site from above during past hikes up to Hog Heaven and then continuing onto the East End (summit).  I had that that what I was looking at in the past was actually a concrete pad with some sort of round drinking tank. Visiting the site up close dispelled those erroneous assumptions.

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We saw animal remains nearby.

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More saguaros with views of Weaver’s Needle and the Flatiron in the distance.

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Owl Clover / Exserted Indian Paintbrush:

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Globemallow (with bee!):

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New Mexico Thistle:

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A view from the Coachwhip Trail:

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Prickly Pear Blossoms (with another bee!):

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A small rock outcropping with Thompson Peak in the distance:

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Hedge Hog Blossoms:

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Miniature Woollystar:

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Sunday on the Scenic Trail

I used Topaz Impression for both of these…

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Sunday Hike – Pine Creek Loop

Marilyn and I hiked the Pine Creek Loop on Sunday.

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