Garwood Dam and Wildhorse Tank

We drove to the Douglas Spring Trailhead in Saguaro (East) National Park this morning and hiked up to Garwood Dam and Wildhorse Tank, for 5 miles and 500 ft of overall gain. We went up the Douglas Spring Trail for 0.2 miles, then hiked the Garwood Trail up to the Carillo Trail turning left, where we soon saw the Garwood Dam and continued up the draw for a short ways before returning to the trail. We continued on the Carrillo Trail until in intersected with the Wildhorse Trail. We went up the short 0.3 miletrail to the right, up to Widhorse Tank, where there was some water. We returned down the Wildhorse Trail, to within 0.1 mile from the Wildhorse Trailhead, where we turned right to take the Stock Bypass Trail back to the Douglas Spring Trailhead. A great morning hike!

Viiews as we hiked towards Garwood Dam

zoom of the crested saguaro

This saguaro had a couple of budding blooms on it! zoom of the buds

looking up towards Garwood Dam

views along the Carrillo Trail

Heading up the Wildhorse Trail to the Wildhorse Tank

zoom of a redtail hawk on top of a saguaro (blurry)

some views heading down the Wildhorse Trail back to the trailhead

Kings Canyon Wash - Gould Mine Trail Loop

This afternoon, we drove to the southern end of Saguaro (West) National Park and hiked up Kings Canyon Wash to see the petroglyphs, the continued less than 1/2 mile of the Sendero Esperanza Trail,and down the Gould Mine Trail to the trailhead. About 2.6 miles with 330 ft of overall elevation gain.

views going up Kings Canyon Wash

some of the petroglyphs seen along the wash about 3/4 mile up the trail.

one of the lizards we saw on the trail.

penstemon in bloom along with ocotillo

views along the Sendero Esperanza Trail,and down the Gould Mine Trail