Spring Comes Early in Arizona

There aren't many places you can go on a morning hike in March in such beautiful weather. The hills/mountains were extra green due to a wet winter.

Our hike did end up taking a little longer than expected...due to the lack of more of these signs...

So we ended up having to scout our own trail down this mountain and across the dried creek bed to the marked trail. Luckily we saw no snakes, even during our trailblazing. If you look closely you can see the group of four that followed us, after we followed them down the small trail that eventually disappeared.

We were able to avoid all the cactus and desert creatures and made it out alive.