Saw surprisingly few people on the trail today, despite the great weather and it being a Saturday. There were four back-packers, which is unusual: two 40-something women heading to the Grass Shack camp site at 5,300 feet, and just beyond where we hiked today; and two millennials headed to Douglas Spring Camp Ground at 4,800 feet, where Misty and I had lunch.
We were navigating off last year's AllTrails recording, so I felt compelled to also take the side trail to Bridal Wreath Falls (above), as I did last time. Misty felt no such compunction and continued on her way for me to catch her right before the parking lot. The Falls are the destination of most of trail goers on the Douglas Spring Trail here in Saguaro National Park East, because they're quite beautiful, and only a six-mile round-trip hike. Today, as expected, there were several visitors crowded among the boulders chatting, all of whom I managed to shoot around. The falls were a trickle compared to just two weeks ago, when I hiked solo to Douglas Spring Campground.
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The beautiful red-barked Manzanita was starting to bloom. |
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| We were trying to figure out if this outcropping of rocks represented the Cow Head... |
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...or if it was this hoodoo-esque formation. Misty was confidant it was this set of rocks, which really stretched the abilities of my iPhone's telephoto setting. |
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| Cow Head Saddle. The trail continues on past the Saddle 1.4 miles to the Grass Shack camp site. (Photo by Misty) |
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