Hike

Deer Creek Trail is a lovely trail that snakes around some mountains in the desert about 10 miles south of where we live. Jon and I decided to hike down to the creek, which is just about a mile into the trail. As it was overcast today it made a good day to do this hike. As it gets warmer it will be an uncomfortable hike.

We didn't get too far down the trail when we saw some steer out grazing. A few watched us very carefully while the others ran the other way. Such big creatures can be a bit intimidating! When we got to the creek we scared a few more away.

The purpose of this hike was to check on a cache we had stowed there last year. Unfortunately, seasonal rains had been strong this year and the creek must have gotten really high - there was no sign of our cache. So, we had to write that one off as lost. Too bad.

The creek was really pretty - bubbling water! The whole trail was in a riot of wild flowers. Fairy dusters, phacilia (lots and lots of phacilia), fuchsia cactus blossoms peppered the landscape, and some poppys were out (among many others). It was all in all a nice, little hike.