Airport Loop Apr 14

1 AIRPORT LOOP	2 The trail starts with a short connector called the Lollipop	3	4 This takes us to the Airport Loop itself, which features great views of the city on all sides of the mesa
5	6 A silver puff	7 Verbena	8
9 Indian paintbrush	10	11 Black-eye daisies	12
13	14 The Vortex Hill	15	16
17 The Airport Loop crosses Airport Road	18	19 Up Vortex Hill	20
21	22 Looking toward VOC: Gibraltar, Courthouse Butte, Bell Rock	23	24 Looking down at Airport Rd.
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33 A flowering hedgehog	34	35	36
37	38 Ocotillo	39	40
41	42 Prickly pear	43	44
45 Stopping to rest in the arms of a huge shagbark juniper	46	47 This is the 'point of flowers' at the southern end of the mesa, but flowers are few after this year's dry winter	48 Back around to a our starting point
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