We drove to Usery Mountain Reginal Park near Apache Junction AZ to hike up to Wind Cave on Pass Mountain, most of the trail is in Tonto National Forest. This trail is 3 miles round trip with 800 ft of gain. View of Pass Mountain near the beginning of the trail.
We saw lots of brittlebush in bloom.
Hedgehog cactus in bloomMore views of Pass Mountain as we hiked up the trail.
Wishbone and phacelia in bloom
looking up towards the alcove which is Wind Cave
in Wind Cave
wildflowers growing on the ceiling and wall of Wind Cave
far end of the alcove 
lots of holes in the rock
chuparosa and fiddle neck growing together 
Looking back at the south end of Pass Mountain and Wind Cave
We fund a small alcove along the trail
poppies and phacelia growing together 
More views as we hiked down the trail when the sun was a bit higher in the sky.
ocotillo blossomssome of the wildflowers we saw along the trail this morning:
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