Deer Creek Trail
04/22/2005
04/22/2005
04/22/2005
Deer Creek Trail is a nice little walk through the trees.
Well, it used to be before the fires last year.
No longer is it the cool stroll under leafy boughs, but a lesson in nature's resilience after devastation.
There were quite a few flowers around, and wild wheat seems to be everywhere.
No matter, we enjoyed ourselves and look forward to next year to see how it has changed.
Here are Arleen & I getting ready for what was to be a nice shady hike along Deer Creek
This is a neat rock with white lines running through it.
I don't know what kind of flowers these were but they were abundant and smelled lovely
This is Deer Creek and it has great rocks. Pre-fire it had nice shade
More of those pretty blue flowers and some of the burned tree stumps that were everywher
The happy hikers
Blooming Hedghog Cactus
Some strong flood waters to wedge those rocks into that tree
George likes me in flower patches, especially when my shirt blends so well
You could take an ecology class out here to see second successional growth after fire
There were little bright wildflowers mixed in with the wheat.
This windmill is still pumping water out. Not sure what it's for, but it's still working