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In this Castle Peaks wash is the most lush Desert four o'clock (Mirabilis multiflora) that I've seen so far on this trip

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2771-castle-peaks.jpg In this Castle Peaks wash, I encounter my first stray balloon of the day, trapped in a desert sage bushThumbnailsSix minutes after my first balloon discovery, I stumble across a second one in the same Castle Peaks washIn this Castle Peaks wash, I encounter my first stray balloon of the day, trapped in a desert sage bushThumbnailsSix minutes after my first balloon discovery, I stumble across a second one in the same Castle Peaks washIn this Castle Peaks wash, I encounter my first stray balloon of the day, trapped in a desert sage bushThumbnailsSix minutes after my first balloon discovery, I stumble across a second one in the same Castle Peaks washIn this Castle Peaks wash, I encounter my first stray balloon of the day, trapped in a desert sage bushThumbnailsSix minutes after my first balloon discovery, I stumble across a second one in the same Castle Peaks washIn this Castle Peaks wash, I encounter my first stray balloon of the day, trapped in a desert sage bushThumbnailsSix minutes after my first balloon discovery, I stumble across a second one in the same Castle Peaks wash

Many of these that I've seen so far are nearing the end of their flowering season.