01 It is desert bloom time, so we visit Anza Borrego with Inna.JPG

02 We go to Hell Hole Canyon, hiking up along the flanks of the canyon.JPG

03 Mark taking a break.JPG

04 Inna taking a break.JPG

05 Mark and Inna refreshed.JPG

06 Desert primrose (Oenothera deltoides).JPG

07 Talitha and Inna.JPG

08 Wild heliotrope (Phacelia distans).JPG

09 Perhaps a fiddleneck - Amsinckia menziesii var..JPG

10 Ocotillo in bloom.JPG

11 Cacti amidst green.JPG

12 Talitha.JPG

13 The desert is not often so green.JPG

14 Higher up the slopes we find barrel cactus in bloom.JPG

15 detail barrel cactus.JPG

16 We have gained quite some altitude.JPG

17 To get back down, we scramble over some big boulders in the dry riverbed.JPG

18 California quail in the flatlands at the bottom of our hike.JPG

19 Talitha at the flowerfields north of Borrego Springs.JPG

20 She was photographing this brown-eyed evening primrose (Camissonia claviformis).JPG