Finally, A Hikeable Day

I think now, the storms are done.  Today we actually saw blue skies and the sun.  It ended up being a perfect day (61 degrees) for hiking.  We drove about an hour out towards the Desert Museum.  From there we picked up the Brown Mountain Hiking trail.

This hike was with eight others from the hiking club.  None looked too young.

Plenty of Saguaros as we were pretty close to the Saguaro National Park.

The hiking leader was going at a snail's pace to Dave and I opted to hike ahead.  We ended up back at the parking lot 45 minutes before the rest of them.  So with our extra time we just watched birds and looked for jackrabbits (and saw none).

Poppies in bloom.

Dave in a forest of Saguaros.