Hike at Lost Dog Trail

We had a lovely hike at Lost Dog Trail today, an area in the McDowell Mountains (McDowell Mountain Regional Park) to the east of Scottsdale. We went with good friends Rich and Cammy from Minneapolis, who are here for two months. Cammy is in my walking group, they are Plymouth Church members and belong to several other groups we are also part of.
It was a perfect day, weather-wise. Lovely sunshine and low 70's. After the hike we went to their condo at Gainey Ranch for lunch. Really great to connect with them here. Cammy will be posting an additional photo on Facebook. We couldn't find a prop to place her camera for a time- delayed all group photo, so the photos are separate to get all of us.
Not many flowers this year. It has been VERY dry here - way below the normal amount of rain. But the cactus (correction: cactii) are always great. At 1700 - 2000 feet, we were at a level where there are saguaro and many others. The only thing in bloom was one ocotillo.

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