Pima Canyon Trail – 5/2/2018

The Cleaver - Pusch Ridge. May 2018.
The Cleaver – Pusch Ridge. May 2018.

Late afternoon shadows, sunset and a recently placed Fire Restrictions sign in Pima Canyon.

Temporary Yellow Fire Restrictions sign under the No Dogs Allowed sign at the Iris Dewhirst Pima Canyon Trailhead. May 2018.
Temporary Yellow Fire Restrictions sign under the No Dogs Allowed sign at the Iris Dewhirst Pima Canyon Trailhead. May 2018.
Late afternoon shadows - looking up Pima Canyon. May 2018.
Late afternoon shadows – looking up Pima Canyon. May 2018.
Sunset on the way down the Pima Canyon Trail. May 2018.
Sunset on the way down the Pima Canyon Trail. May 2018.

Pima Canyon Trail, Flowers! – 4/26/2018

Prickly Pear. April 2018.
Prickly Pear. April 2018.

On the one hand the flowers last year were much more impressive – on the other hand even a ‘less impressive’ year still has an incredible number of flowers to see! Photos from a hike up the Pima Canyon Trail to the dam where the only water remaining is in small pools hiding near the cattails…

Morning Glory. April 2018.
Morning Glory. April 2018.
April 2018.
April 2018.
Cholla. April 2018.
Cholla. April 2018.
Brownplume Wire Lettuce. April 2018.
Brownplume Wire Lettuce. April 2018.
Desert Chicory. April 2018.
Desert Chicory. April 2018.
Cockroach Plant. April 2018.
Cockroach Plant. April 2018.

Pima Canyon Trail to the First Dam – 1/23/2017

January 2017.
Flowing water in Pima Canyon covering the first canyon crossing on the Pima Canyon Trail. January 2017.

January 2017 can’t quite rival January 2015 for weather in Pima Canyon – in 2015 snow fell low into Pima Canyon collecting on the tops of the Saguaros and making sections of the trail a snowy tunnel – but the weather this year has put a wonderful amount of water in motion and it was spectacular to see water covering and flowing down canyon from the first canyon crossing on the Pima Canyon Trail.

January 2017.
Looking up at the Cleaver from the Pima Canyon Trail. January 2017.
January 2017.
Rushing water in the first dam area of Pima Canyon. January 2017.
January 2017.
A tree standing above the water and against the sky in Pima Canyon. January 2017.