View across the valley on way to trail head.
Hiking Mt. Lemmon area via Aspen Trail.
Houses high atop Pusch Ridge.
Abert's squirrel - Sciurus aberti.
Also called a tassel-eared squirrel. Hiking Mt. Lemmon area via Aspen Trail.
Photo op..
Bird watching…
Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus.
Changing vegetation.
Another view across to the ridge beyond.
Very dry....
Hiking through an area damaged by fire.
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
Wildfire damage but new growth emerging.
Rocky trail.
Perfect lunch spot.
Ferns, grasses and lodgepole pines.
Sitting at lunch looking back up the hill. Hiking Mt. Lemmon area via Aspen Trail.
Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus.
Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri.
So this is how you use hiking poles...
Our hiking group for the day.
Looking across to Pusch Ridge.
View Pusch Ridge.
