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Occasional colour juxtapositions make for a scenic hike down this wash east of the Castle Peaks

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6653-castle-peaks.jpg I decide not to climb up to the Castle Peaks, and instead hike down a wash and across the plateau toward Taylor SpringThumbnailsI walk through a patch of yellow desert marigolds (the large flowers) and goldfields (the tiny yellow ones)I decide not to climb up to the Castle Peaks, and instead hike down a wash and across the plateau toward Taylor SpringThumbnailsI walk through a patch of yellow desert marigolds (the large flowers) and goldfields (the tiny yellow ones)I decide not to climb up to the Castle Peaks, and instead hike down a wash and across the plateau toward Taylor SpringThumbnailsI walk through a patch of yellow desert marigolds (the large flowers) and goldfields (the tiny yellow ones)I decide not to climb up to the Castle Peaks, and instead hike down a wash and across the plateau toward Taylor SpringThumbnailsI walk through a patch of yellow desert marigolds (the large flowers) and goldfields (the tiny yellow ones)I decide not to climb up to the Castle Peaks, and instead hike down a wash and across the plateau toward Taylor SpringThumbnailsI walk through a patch of yellow desert marigolds (the large flowers) and goldfields (the tiny yellow ones)

Purple sage, plus red Indian paintbrush, plus yellow snakeweed (I think), plus light-catching cholla cacti.