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Spring in the Arizona Desert
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| Blooms on Black Rock Trail (long loop), White Tank Mountain Regional Park, AZ |
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| California & Mexican Gold Poppies all over! |
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Poppies with Brittlebush, Lupine and more (click here for PDF description) |
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Waterfall at the end of Waterfall Trail, joined from Black Rock Trail, White Tank Mountains, AZ |
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| 11 photos (& 1 video clip) from Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, Tortuga Trail (crossing Cave Creek) to Elephant Mountain Trail, north of Cave Creek, AZ |
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| Rock dam for crossing Cave Creek (will it ever be this full again?) |
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This Rattler just sat there and posed while soaking up the sun on the Tortuga Trail | But this guy stuck out his tongue and rattled away (click here for camera media clip) |
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White Canyon Wilderness, AZ | White Canyon Wilderness, AZ |
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Viewing Castle Creek Wilderness near Bumble Bee, AZ | Rattlesnake, Four Peaks Wilderness, AZ |
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Sugarloaf Mountain, West of Four Peaks Wilderness, AZ | Sugarloaf Mountain, West of Four Peaks Wilderness, AZ |
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Early Poppy, and lots of green from '05 rain, McDowell Mountains, AZ |
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| McDowell Mt's "Tom Thumb" monolith, and the blooms along the trail |
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Who does this remind you of? |
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Viewing Fountain Hills (from Tom Thumb, different peak than below) |
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Hummingbird at the end of Tom Thumb hike |
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Pear cactus bloom, McDowell Mountains, AZ | Pear cactus bloom, McDowell Mountains, AZ |
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McDowell Mountains, AZ | More Pear blooms near McDowell Mountains, AZ |
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From the McDowell Mountains viewing St. Patrick's Day fountain, Fountain Hills, AZ | Dog Wash Trail, McDowell Mountains, AZ |
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Ocotillo near McDowell Mountains, AZ | Dog Wash Trail, McDowell Mountains, AZ |
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Reavis Trail, Superstition Mts., AZ | Canyon Lake, Boulder Canyon Trail, Superstition Mts., AZ |
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| The following two are on Peralta Road from Gold Canyon, AZ, to the Peralta Trailhead |
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The nine below are on the Lost Dutchman Trail, Superstition Mts. | |
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| From Bluff Spring Trail, a short hike up Terrapin Trail |
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| Back on Bluff Spring Trail, headed towards Peralta Trailhead |
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