Mark's Scenic Arizona

Century Plant preparing to bloom

Century Plant close-up

Mmmmm, looks like cows have been here

Fertilizer for fresh growth?

Gate to keep cows out... or in?

Rock to hold the fence down?

Another rock

Slingshot tree?

Nice home for a squirrel?

Grew from remains of cactus burned in fire

First of assorted bees pollinating the flowers

This bee is full of pollen

Bee flitting to the next flower

Scene of last years

Compare this photo to the next one

Looks like a pronghorn buried in the ash

Some signs of regrowth since the

This was all black last year

More bleached Manzanita

View onto the San Carlos Reservation

More bleached Manzanita

More bleached Manzanita

More bleached Manzanita

Trees black after the fire are now bleached

Still desolate a year later

Forest of burned and bleached Manzanita

Like majestic skeletons

Desert Mistletoe parasites burned with the tree

Hwy 77 to Winkleman across the center

Manzanita again

A thicket of bleached Manzanita

Thistle about to bloom

Manzanita with some copper-colored bark

More desolation

Century plant near the summit

This was at the summit

View south from the East Mountain summit

Rock cairn topped with scat?

Possibly coyote scat?

Squirrel in the center

Out-of-focus almost looks like Eeyore

Black bear scat?

Yours truly

My hiking buddy Tracey

Which side is up?

San Carlos Reservation

Airport on the San Carlos Reservation

Alligator Juniper

Tangle of Manzanita

Manzanita

Sap just oozing out

Root snake?

East Mountain hike profile