Rock Live-forever is the common name of the plant below. What?! Makes you wonder who’s in charge of naming. The latin name, on the other hand, is Dudleya collomiae so I’m going to call it Dudley 🙂 . Anyway, I once again have Steve Jones to thank for identifying this plant we saw yesterday at The Lookout in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
Speaking of the brand new “The Lookout” spot, here’s a shot of the sign and the view in that direction. The haze makes it difficult to see but the fountain in Fountain Hills was on at the time.
The photo below shows the view in another direction where you can see the Windgate Trail, Inspiration Viewpoint and the Gateway. All in all, we dubbed The Lookout as the most spectacular viewpoint in the Preserve. Can’t wait to go back to capture it in better light.
Finally…here’s a shot of one of the new Tom’s Thumb trail signs.
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mariposa lilies and trailing windmills
What an amazing day we had! Chris, I and our friend Barry spent over six hours hiking up and around Tom’s Thumb and The Lookout trail from the North side. My goal was to photograph Trailing Windmills which I was told were out at The Lookout and we weren’t disappointed. They were everywhere! Unfortunately,not blooming as much as they have been but it appearing there are still blooms to come. The amazing bonus was seeing my first Desert Mariposa Lily! I yelled at my friend Barry (pictured below) saying “look at that really orange poppy over there!”. Very exciting 🙂
