March 26, 2005
Picacho Peak State Park, Southern Arizona
(Sunset Vista Trail, 3.1 miles to Peak)
Picacho State Park, with its distinctive spire-like double peak, lies approximately halfway between Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Higher than average rainfall this winter resulted in a profusion of wildflowers, especially Mexican Gold Poppies, Coulter's Lupine, and Brittlebrush (a daisy-like flowering shrub). Sunlight behind the Cholla cactus made their thorns appear to glow; reddish hues on barrel cacti, flowering prickly pear and Ocotillo, endless rows of stately Saguaro cacti and beautiful distant blue mountains completed the picture for a beautiful spring walk!
A springtime hike was great way to enjoy the company of family & friends
First view of the peak
