Post Deluge Hike

Desert Marigold flowers

We really got blasted with rain yesterday afternoon, and this morning's atmosphere bore the proof of lingering moisture:  very high humidity.  It was so uncomfortable that we decided early on to cut the hike short.  Consequences of the heavy downpour were evident everywhere, especially in the arroyos that showed clearly the results of fast-flowing rainwater.  After the trek we took a drive around several neighborhoods just for the heck of it.

Willow and Dr. K in an arroyo

LDR-A arroyo after heavy rain

Desert Marigold bouquet

Barrel cactus with buds and flowers

Willow lying where the rain ran

Why does the mesquite live in an arroyo?

Further up the right branch arroyo

Last 2:  halfway up the hill west of the right branch arroyo