We went over to Ron and Jane’s for Easter dinner. Thanks Ron and Jane, it was great.
Sandy has been taking a few pictures of the birds around the campsite.
Female Cardinal. She is less showy than the bright red male, but he wouldn’t cooperate for a photo.
Brown Crested Flycatcher.
We have taken the drive to Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area a couple times this year but had never been on any of the trails. People have told us there are several trails and a nice easy one for us flat landers. We combined a portion of the Spur Cross Trail with the Metate Trail for a nice 2.5 mile loop.
This is what the land looks like on the higher elevation trails.
This is Cave Creek as seen from the higher part of the trail loop. Later we will be walking at water level and the environment is completely different.
Sandy called this the valley of the saguaros.
Most of the time when you get close to the these lizards the scamper off and hide. We figured that because this one was bigger than most that he must consider himself “King of the Rock”
There were lots of these magnificent old saguaros along the trail.
But it is hard to visualize how big they actually are until you can give it some scale with me standing beside it.
The Metate Trail is named after the metate stones which the Native Americans used for grinding their grains to make flour for cooking.
It sure was a lot cooler down along the banks of Cave Creek and the lush grass was at least a foot tall here.
This is the skeleton of a dead saguaro cactus.
Now stop kidding me!! Which way is back to the trail?
These are a few pictures of Cave Creek. What a beautiful, peaceful walk this was. We have to do it again.
Tomorrow is April 6th and we are heading back home with a short layover in Flagstaff, AZ to take in some areas we haven’t visited before.
Until next time,
Dave and Sandy
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