01 Sean, John and the two of us head out for the Anza Borrego Desert to look at the wild flower bloom.JPG

02 A green hue is painted all over the desert.JPG

03 Little flowers stand accompany a previously loneley barrel cactus.JPG

04 The Cholla cactus stands in a flower meadow.JPG

05 More of them.JPG

06 Close-up of brown-eyed evening primrose.JPG

07 Desert dandelion in the foreground.JPG

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10 Cholla cacti.JPG

11 Chuparosa in front of cholla cactus.JPG

12 Mark walking up.JPG

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14 John and Talitha start the return journey.JPG

15 Mark and Sean stay up high.JPG

16 Sean dislodges a huge boulder that comes crashing down.JPG

17 Beaver tail cactus in bloom.JPG

18 Desert dandelion.JPG

19 Chia and fishhook cactus.JPG

20 Chuparosa.JPG

21 Very green slopes.JPG

22 Chuparosa.JPG

23 Wooly daisies and monkey flowers.JPG

24 A monkey flower close-up.JPG

25 Wooly daisies.JPG

26 Blue phacelia.JPG