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I start hiking up Hyten Spring Wash and encounter several coyote melons left from earlier this year

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3824-melon.jpg I think this is a little Claret-cup cactus sprouting an early blossomThumbnailsI pass a number of cholla cacti on the way up the wash into the Bristol MountainsI think this is a little Claret-cup cactus sprouting an early blossomThumbnailsI pass a number of cholla cacti on the way up the wash into the Bristol MountainsI think this is a little Claret-cup cactus sprouting an early blossomThumbnailsI pass a number of cholla cacti on the way up the wash into the Bristol MountainsI think this is a little Claret-cup cactus sprouting an early blossomThumbnailsI pass a number of cholla cacti on the way up the wash into the Bristol MountainsI think this is a little Claret-cup cactus sprouting an early blossomThumbnailsI pass a number of cholla cacti on the way up the wash into the Bristol MountainsI think this is a little Claret-cup cactus sprouting an early blossomThumbnailsI pass a number of cholla cacti on the way up the wash into the Bristol Mountains

It's not steep, but I'm gaining elevation at a slow and constant rate nonetheless. The cool morning is warming up, so I take off my sweater and start hiking in short sleeves.