We haven’t gotten much rain in Anza-Borrego this year, so sadly there will be no super-bloom. But you can still find lots of flowers near water sources, so Half Cookie and I decided to hike Coyote Creek, which flows year-round. It’s close to Borrego Springs, and the road is good enough that we could coax our Prius to the trailhead.
Here we go!White BursageThurber’s Sandpaper PlantSpanish NeedleFan-leaved TiquiliaCalifornia Dodder (a parasite!)Half Cookie makes her way upstreamDyebushTeddy-bear ChollaOuch!OcotillosSilver ChollaCalifornia CrotonThickleaf GroundcherryDesert LavenderBrittlebushSeven-spotted Lady BugYuma SandmatFragrant FlatsedgeArizona LupineBigelow’s MonkeyflowerNettle-leaved GoosefootSpangletopCresote BushCliffbrakes?Narrow-leaved CryptanthaLondon RocketAnother Spanish Needle (I love these!)Fremont’s PincushionSaharan MustardMore desert lavenderBrowneyesDistant PhaceliaYet another Spanish NeedleEmory’s RockdaisyJersey CudweedMaking our way back downstreamSweetbushBeetle SpurgeRedstem Stork’s-billDistant PhaceliaTrailing WindmillsBlack-banded RabbitbrushBrownplue WirelettuceHalf Cookie checks out some weird machinery rusting in the sunPeninsular Fishhook CactusTeddy-bear Cholla Bloom
On our way back to the car we climbed a ridge nearby to get a view of the valley below. And there were a few new plants up here, too.
That was fun!So nice!California Barrel CactusChuparosaOcotillo bloom
When we were done we headed back to Borrego Springs to the pool and our room at the Borrego Valley Inn (what a great place!).
The JimmyJam Hiking Club 
Coyote Canyon is awesome. Just made it out there twice this winter, backpacking and exploring Cougar Canyon. So much water out there.
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I know, right? I definitely have to go back….
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