Wildflowers on King Canyon Trail — Images by kenne
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Heavy Rains Down A Giant Saguaro Cactus 3 comments
Heavy Rains Down A Giant Saguaro Cactus — Image by kenne
As the trail entered the Kings Canyon Wash we were confronted by a giant saguaro that had fallen across the trail; another lay close by. Both were healthy giants that could have been blown over by strong winds, but the area recently experienced a lot of rain causing a flash flood. Another suspect is that the downed cactus were the result of a microburst an intense small-scale downdraft produced by a storm or rain shower.
— kenne
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Desert Broomrape 1 comment
Desert Broomrape (Orobanche cooperi),
also known as Cooper’s broomrape, spike broomrape, and burroweed strangler.
Because the Desert Broomrape lacks leaves and chlorophyll,
it gets its nutrients from a host plant and is therefore a parasite.
Images by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Rock Hibiscus 6 comments
Rock Hibiscus — Images by kenne
“It’s very difficult to look at the World
and into your heart at the same time.
In between, a life has passed.”
― Jim Harrison
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Desert Wildflowers: I Declare — A Great Time Of The Year For Hiking 3 comments
I declare
Cue the sun
I declare life.
Cue the flowers
I declare spring.
Cue the children
I declare love.
I declare,
Isn’t it beautiful?
I declare!
I declare!
— kenne
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Wildflower Images by kenne
The weather here is windy, balmy, sometimes wet.
Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place,
trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains.
Great time of year for hiking, camping, exploring, sleeping under the new moon and the old stars.
At dawn and at evening we hear the coyotes howling with excitement – mating season.
And lots of fresh rabbit meat hopping about to feed the young ones with.
— Edward Abbey
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Hiking King Canyon Trail To Wasson Peak 3 comments
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Some images of the SCVN lead hike to Wasson Peak via King Canyon Trail, Hugh Norris Trail, Sendero Esperanza Trail, and Gould Mine Trail that took place last Friday (March 13, 2015). The trails form an eight mile loop with an elevation change 1,800 ft. from the King Canyon trailhead. Each year in March we schedule this hike because of the abundance of beautiful wildflowers in the Tucson Mountains.
kenne
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“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
― David Brower
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Poppies Along The King Canyon Trail 4 comments
Poppies Along the King Canyon Trail (March 13, 2015) — Images by kenne
Try as one may
to photograph
the desert spring
having lost the
third, forth,
fifth — God knows
how many dimensions
somewhere on the
mountain trails.
— kenne
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Hiking In The Tucson Mountains 2 comments
Looking South Along The King Canyon Trail In The Tucson Mountains (March 13, 2015) — Image by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 