First Creek Peak (5,990 feet)

A 7.5-mile loop which starts at the First Creek Trailhead.

Red Rocks, Nevada

April 25, 2008

01Hadrian stays at home	02Primroses in First Creek	03Dune Primroses	04More Primroses	05Wild Hyacinth
06Primroses everywhere you look	07Munching on Primroses	08Sphinx Moth Caterpillar	09Lots of Primroses	10On First Creek Trail
11Banana Yuccas in bloom	12Banana Yuccas up close	13Mojave Yuccas	14Mojave Yucca	15Globe Mallow in full bloom
16Joshua Tree	17On First Creek Trail	18Desert Four O-Clocks	19Desert Four O-Clocks	20View of Mt Wilson from trail
21View of Indecision Peak	22On First Creek Trail	23The tiny cones of Mormon Tea	24Indecision Peak and Primroses	25Desert Marigold
26Photographing Verbena	27White Sand Verbena	28White Sand Verbena	29At the mouth of the canyon	30Close up of the goal
31Goldenbush in bloom	32Another blooming Goldenbush	33Goldenbush blooms	34Goldenbush bloom up close	35By wildflowers
36Fellow Hiker-Darkling Beetle	37En route into the canyon	38First Creek Canyon	39Goldenbush and First Creek Peak	40Pacific Tree Frogs
41Male calling females	42Still calling his mate	43Cottonwood Tree	44Not as brushy as it looks	45Parrys Lipfern
46Happy wet Moss	47Yellow monkeyflowers	48Yellow monkeyflower	49Up through vegetation	50Nice Pinion Pine
51Close up of the goal	52Wild Hyacinth	53Up the canyon	54Boulder hopping	55Close up of First Creek Peak
56Up the canyon	57Blooming Redbud and First Creek Peak	58By Redbud Tree	59Deep in First Creek Canyon	60More Pinion Pines
61Side-Blotched Lizard	62Looking back	63Looking ahead	64First Creek Peak	65Approaching Cascading Falls
66Approaching Cascading Falls	67Approaching Cascading Falls	68Looking ahead	69Looking back	70There is always water here