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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Butterfly Trail, Mt. Lemmon


Nice wide trail at the start ... don't let it fool you.


The trail gets narrower


And steeper, but really beautiful


Rock at Waypoint 002


My cat-dog at the overlook near Waypoint 002


It was almost like a wild jungle on some parts of the trail


Wild raspberries!


Yikes! An Arizona Black Rattlesnake.


Beautiful flowers

This is a beautiful hike up in the cool air of Mt. Lemmon near Tucson and a great change of scenery for us desert dwellers! But, this trail isn’t for beginners. It heads down, and keeps going. Some parts are steep enough that I was stopping to catch my breath on the way back up. You can also visit the site of an F-86 fighter jet crash in 1957. Finally, as the name implies, you have a good chance at seeing a bunch of beautiful butterflies. All-in-all an awesome hike.

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