I was a little surprised at how many people I encountered along the trail. I saw over 40 during the day. Most were within a mile of the trailhead. The last 3 that I saw were camping at Boulder Meadow. I did not see anybody from there all the way back to the trailhead, probably because it was so late and most people know better than to hike then.
I put 133 pictures on the web album for this hike. However, I will probably never see the first picture I took on the trail. Can anybody figure out why?
I saw a lot of lizards and got pictures of a few of them.
There are two lizards on this rock.
This one must be standing on a hot rock.
This one has some colorful markings. It's a shame he wouldn't pose out in the open.
I also got pictures of a red tailed hawk.
Some parts of the trail looked a little different than I remembered them.
I remember this area as being covered with giant chollas. I don't remember the mesquites and palo verdes.
There were lots of flowers all over the place.
I was just thinking how nice it was to be able to walk along and not have to watch where I put every single footstep when I got to the rocky part of the trail.
I think this is why my feet hurt today.
I eventually got to a spot where there were puddles of water in the creek bed. As I approached the water I heard splashing noises, but I couldn't see anything. Not even ripples. I did finally see what was making the splashing noises, though.
Can you find the frog in this picture?
I finally got a picture of one of the frogs.
Here's an unusual looking animal.
The intersecting creek at Boulder Meadow had lots of water flowing through it.
I had a snack as I listened to this "waterfall".
I got several more pictures of the shy frogs here.
I was in a hurry on the way back, so I didn't take quite as many pictures. I did get some nice sunset pictures.
At the trailhead, there is a log book for visitors. One purpose of the log book is so rangers can tell if somebody went out but didn't come back. I don't know if it's really used for that, though. Anyway, when I got back to the trailhead, I saw that somebody had signed me out at 2:30. Good thing nothing happened to me.
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2 comments:
Great shots of the critters! You got a really steady shot of the hawk.
Like I always say, if you take enough pictures, a few are bound to turn out.
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