PUDDLES IN THE DESSERT

It has rained a lot on our trip south this year but last night it rained all night and sometimes pretty hard.  There was more snow in the mountains of KOFA also.  We went for a 7 mile hike this morning and it was great.  Can't believe we have found such a great place to camp and hike and there is nobody around!  We will be leaving here in a few days and head east to Gila Bend where we will leave our camper for a couple of days and go up to Scottsdale and visit our friends Ross and Brenda.

Zeph liked the water around on our walk.  Got a drink when ever he wanted.

Can't believe this lupine was growing in the creek bed all by itself.

We came upon this on our walk and have no idea what it is or why it is there.

A little later we found this fire pit.

The ocotillo are really leafed out this year. 

These are the biggest leaves we have ever seen on them.

Not sure what kind of tree this is but the wood is harder than a bullet.

Saw lots of humming birds this morning and they all looked cold.

A saguaro died in the creek bed.

This saguro is near our campsite and looks like someone may have used it for target practice in the past.

Maybe the same thing happened to this one.  Tough plants I think.

That is our camper in the background.

A lonely dead saguaro.

Zeph found this and think it is a coyote den.

The snow on the peaks in KOFA.

Sunset tonight.