We arrive at the canoe place. Finally, I get to use that roof rack!
Did we hit Nate with the car? No, Kat, Riley and Nate put the canoe on Nate's car, while Anna and I make fun of Nate's weird position!
No, we did not hit Riley either. You have to get on the ground to find out where to hook the straps.
Awww. Our cars are twins.
An hour and a half later we finally reached the lake. We drove through rain, sleet, hail and snow to get to this lake. It better be awesome!
You could actually see the rain clouds coming off the mountain next to the lake.
When the clouds broke a little, you could see snow on the mountain.
How do Nate and Anna keep getting so far ahead of us?
Here comes some more rain.
Kat in the front with Riley in the middle relaxing.
Post-canoeing, pre-camping dinner at a Mexican resturant. Mmmmm. Food!
Our tiny campfire. When it comes to campfires in sub-32 degree weather, size does matter.
The moon was almost full.
I felt less bad about being cold when I woke up to find frost all over my tent.
Awwww. Someone loves me.
I took about 1,000,000 pictures of flowers on the hike. Here is one example. According to my friend, Jonathan, it is called Dichelostemma pulchellum (or Bluedick)
Kat taking a picture of some of the awesome landscape on the Black Mesa Loop.
There was a little creek that ran throughout the trail.
Awesome rock formations.
Will they fall in? Sadly, no.
Golden poppies! (Eschscholzia californica)
More cool rock formations.
Desert Lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus)
Ah, the Basin and Range.
Desert Paintbrush (Castilleja angustifolia)
Tiny hedgehog cactus and its pretty flowers.
Awww. How cute.
Group shot.
Tiny, as yet unidentified purple flowers.
Halfway point (sort of).
Cute lizard sunning itself on a rock.
There were flowers everywhere.
Plumeseed (Rafinesqui).
Giant saguaro.
Cholla forest.
Kat checking her GPS and wondering why our 8-mile hike took 9.5 miles! :)