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01577-cactus.jpg The 2.5-mile hike back to the tent is pleasant, and I'm enjoying the gentle downhill as I sweat under the hot sunThumbnailsI pass again through the stand of desert willows on the way back to the tentThe 2.5-mile hike back to the tent is pleasant, and I'm enjoying the gentle downhill as I sweat under the hot sunThumbnailsI pass again through the stand of desert willows on the way back to the tentThe 2.5-mile hike back to the tent is pleasant, and I'm enjoying the gentle downhill as I sweat under the hot sunThumbnailsI pass again through the stand of desert willows on the way back to the tentThe 2.5-mile hike back to the tent is pleasant, and I'm enjoying the gentle downhill as I sweat under the hot sunThumbnailsI pass again through the stand of desert willows on the way back to the tentThe 2.5-mile hike back to the tent is pleasant, and I'm enjoying the gentle downhill as I sweat under the hot sunThumbnailsI pass again through the stand of desert willows on the way back to the tent

These fading flowers stand out amid the dearth of other desert flowers so late in the spring.