Bartlett Lake, Tonto National Forest near Phoenix, Arizona.
Bartlett Lake has some of the best wildflowers of any place we have visited so far this spring.
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WOW – great shot! Looks like you struck gold here. Also looks like a great place to kayak. Enjoy!
Pretty! Looks like you found some more of that chuparash (sp?) bush in bloom, but the lupine & poppies are nice, too.
Nice to see some water! It’s been all sand and rock for a while lately
Another great capture Ron. Pretty flowers and a nice lake what more could you want.
Beautiful – happy that you get the peak while their.
Great image, Ron. Bartlett Lake was also incredible in March 2008!
That’s what I’m talking about.!
Great colors and a beautiful composition! Thanks for letting us enjoy your experiences.
WELCOME SPRING! Just Brilliant ! Thanks Ron
Thanks a lot everyone!
Ron
Great capure Ron! I ended up choosing to get out to Barlett Lake on Saturday evening, but there was very little light left by the time I got there. I found a couple nice spots, but nothing as nice as that – looks like it was further along the road to the north.
Hi John,
Thanks!
I thought of you as we ended up joining friends for the Angels game on Saturday – I was wondering which game you attended with your kids.
This was along the road to the North and then a bit of a hike up the hill above the road. Since they hills do face a bit toward the East, they do lose their light early.
Ron
We went to the Mariners @ Dodgers game Saturday and Dodgers @ Cincinnati game Sunday. We ended up out at the training facilities both days early, so the boys could shag balls hit over the fences. Gave me a chance to shoot some shots of the players hanging out taking batting practice.
BTW – you might want to check out White Tank park on the west side in the next couple weeks. It was a bit early, but there were a few nice flowers there. I spent Sunday morning there for sunrise. I’m not sure how obvious the desert sage blossoms are – but the plants were very green, covered with buds and everywhere! Brittlebush was just getting going too.
Looks like a postcard – WOW! Great colors.
Thanks Adrian!
Thanks for the tip John – hopefully I will get a chance to visit the White Tank area. That seems to be true with lots of areas in Arizona right now – really green and waiting to bloom. Hopefully hot weather won’t ruin that – the forecast is for relatively cool weather the next few days so that could help.
Thanks,
Ron