Backpacking the Superstition Wilderness

I decided to take advantage of the recent rains and do a 3 day trek through the desert.

There is a rough trail that follows the creek, but it requires a lot of bushwacking and results in my arms getting torn up by prickly trees and bushes. I wore my water shoes and boulder-hopped through the water most of the time.

When the rain runs down the canyon walls, the minerals react and make "desert varnish."

The normally dry wash along the Boulder Creek Trail was really flowing. It's amazing how just a few days worth of rain can create rivers for weeks. During flash floods, the river rises really high. You can tell that it once flowed up to where Tahoe is standing because there is a piece of driftwood there which was carried and placed there by the force of water.