Anza..

Last weekend, went for a hike in Anza Borrego Dessert State Park. Spring wildflowers are bloomed heavily since last one month.. it will probably go down in couple of weeks.. so.. visited the place on time..

Five of us went to Borrego Palm Canyon Hike.. We walked more than expected.. probably 5 miles round-trip. Though our initial objective was to see wildflowers, I guess our instincts (or stupidity :)) pushed us to hike more than browsing through wildflowers... still.. wildflowers were all over the trail.. Dessert Dandelions, Chuparosa, BeaverTail Cacti, Barrel cacti flowers.. bla bla.

The Oasis at the end of the palm canyon trail is fabulous.. its surprising to see a dense population of palms on a stream in the dessert.. must have been planted artificially 10-15 years back..probably.. who knows.. but nice place to sit and have some snacks..

On the return path of hike, at around 5pm, we faced heavy rain.. Obviously thunderstorms were estimated overnight, but I didn't expect that it will start so early... but.. it was fun.. first of all, after a long time, I went for a hike and that too in rain.. awesome .. infact its fun to see "Elephant running in the rain thru mountains.. Isn't it Shaan :) ?" surely something to remember by :) ..

On the return drive to SD, Anza mountains were full of snow.. while going to Anza, these mountains were lush green and on the way back the were as white as milk :) .. had a quick stop to have a snow ball fight !!

btw, Happy "Vernal Equinox" !!