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| I moved my trailer to a shady spot under the mesquite trees. It's a lot better than the site I had in the sun. The afternoon temperatures range from 103 - 109 degrees, so I really appreciate the shade! |
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| The front of the visitor center at Ash Meadows. |
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| This gigantic stone lizard sits next to the entrance of the visitor center! I've seen a lot of his living relatives! |
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| The hike to Crystal Springs starts at the back of the Visitor Center. |
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| The hike is on this boardwalk. At first it seemed kind of strange to me to have a boardwalk because the ground is hard and crusty, but then I learned that the plants are fragile and some of them are endangered so the boardwalk is necessary to keep the plants safe. |
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| There is artwork on the boardwalk. This is a representation of the pupfish which is an endangered fish that lives in some of the springs at Ash meadows. It's only one, or two, inches long. |
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| Coming from the midwest, the plants here seem to all look the same: yellow and gray and bushy, but the signs along the boardwalk tell a different story, so I took a picture of them so you can learn about this place with me. |
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| Crystal Spring. It's about 10 feet in circumference and 15 feet deep! |
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| This is why going swimming, or kayaking, in Crystal Reservoir doesn't really cool me off! |
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| You can see the blue a little better here. |
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| I was surprised to learn that hummingbirds migrate through Ash Meadows! |
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