Douglas Spring Trailhead

Location Description

55 photos

John stands by the Leaf and a very similarly-colored...
At Pat and Peter's suggestion, Monday morning Dad, John,...
A backup map, in case we lost the two hard copies we...
As I said somewhere along this trail - if I took a...
Looking up the path. What a glorious day!
A family of saguaros.
Dad and John march through the desert.
I found this dead saguaro particularly neat -- look at...
John hikes.
I packed a very small bag and did not think to bring...
From further back. Look how fat that cactus is!
Looking at the sentinels and their fuzzy tops.
More fuzzy tops. I really like the fuzzy tops; I cannot...
This cactus had arms going everywhere.
This saguaro is telling his buddy a secret.
This looked to be a fallen barrel cactus.
And another crazy, interesting dead saguaro.
"Mom!" "You're home!" I love anthropomorphizing cacti.
Animal Tracks 101: these are horse. Neigh.
Awesome cluster of cacti.
This cactus is ready to fight. Except how can he be...
Looking back towards the Catalinas.
Dad hikes up the trail with John hot on his heels.
More long-range views of Tucson.
Looking towards a dam.
Danger sign near the dam.
Upstream of the dam... nothing much going on.
But there was water downstream! It seemed that most of...
The views of the city got more fun as we climbed higher.
Dad standing on the dam.
One more look upstream into the Rincon Mountains (or,...
Ow, ow, ow, ow. Do not get in this guy's way.
I found this cactus so neat - it's obviously dying, but...
An ocotillo with leaves out! Turns out, his base was in...
The top of a saguaro. I guess all that fuzz isn't...
John hikes up to some rocks made of what Dad thought was...
The rock is very old, and doesn't become fully solid...
The path ahead. Or, below.
More water visible in the Rincons.
Oh, I forgot to mention - under the pj pants, I wore...
Dad and Catherine.
Another poor of water in a wash we walked through on the...
John contemplates taking a swim.
Looking down"stream".
The short guy on the right is such a joker.
Looking back down towards another wash and the...
A small saguaro, or so we think. But why do the small...
Looking out into the desert.
More fluffy fluff.
Catherine hikes. Note the pj pants tucked into John's...
Fuzz balls on the ends of the branches of this bush. ...
Catherine admires a large cactus.
This saguaro was particularly lumpy, presumably from a...
John stalks the mighty Roadrunner. He sure blends in in...
He posed a bit, then ran off, and we finished our loop...