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I stash the bicycle behind some Catclaw bushes with fragrant flowers and begin the hike up Borrego Canyon.

130137-borrego-cyn.jpg A couple of bees are swimming (or are they drowning?) in the spring tub at the end of Borrego Canyon RoadThumbnailsI pass a few small stands of Desert senna flowers in lower Borrego CanyonA couple of bees are swimming (or are they drowning?) in the spring tub at the end of Borrego Canyon RoadThumbnailsI pass a few small stands of Desert senna flowers in lower Borrego CanyonA couple of bees are swimming (or are they drowning?) in the spring tub at the end of Borrego Canyon RoadThumbnailsI pass a few small stands of Desert senna flowers in lower Borrego CanyonA couple of bees are swimming (or are they drowning?) in the spring tub at the end of Borrego Canyon RoadThumbnailsI pass a few small stands of Desert senna flowers in lower Borrego CanyonA couple of bees are swimming (or are they drowning?) in the spring tub at the end of Borrego Canyon RoadThumbnailsI pass a few small stands of Desert senna flowers in lower Borrego CanyonA couple of bees are swimming (or are they drowning?) in the spring tub at the end of Borrego Canyon RoadThumbnailsI pass a few small stands of Desert senna flowers in lower Borrego Canyon

It looks a lot like the Cave Spring area where I hiked yesterday for good reason: it's just a few miles away.