Box Canyon 3/20/2017
We are at the end of Di Giorgio Rd. This is a classic place to see desert flowers.
Flowers are OK here. Are we too late? Also it is cool and cloudy for now.
Got to our trailhead by 3rd crossing, flowers look better here.
Wit, hugging the rock.
In the canyon.
Horned Lizard in camo colors.
Weather is perfect: low 70s cloudy with light breeze.
Beavertail is blooming.
Flowers are everywhere.
We are branching out of the main canyon.
Cactus overgrown by flowers.
Wayne got slimed.
Walking in the park.
John is coming.
Ocotillo.
This is the greenest desert I remember.
It is a garden.
Cactus.
Toro Peak ahead.
Looking back.
Lunch is at our high point 2900. Before we split.
Found IRIS earthquake observation point.
We are turning back at the park boundary.
Lot of bones here.
Boulders that fall from the top.
Seeking the afternoon sun.
We are all back.
Hike Rating: Difficulty: 3.2 Technical: 3 Scenic: 3.8 El. 2400'