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On the way down through a floriferous area in Juniper Spring wash, I pass an especially bright juniper

7007-juniper-spring-wash.jpg I return to the wash and pass the big juniper that provided me with some nice shade for a few minutesThumbnailsJuniper Spring wash is an easy descent as it winds down the north side of the New York MountainsI return to the wash and pass the big juniper that provided me with some nice shade for a few minutesThumbnailsJuniper Spring wash is an easy descent as it winds down the north side of the New York MountainsI return to the wash and pass the big juniper that provided me with some nice shade for a few minutesThumbnailsJuniper Spring wash is an easy descent as it winds down the north side of the New York MountainsI return to the wash and pass the big juniper that provided me with some nice shade for a few minutesThumbnailsJuniper Spring wash is an easy descent as it winds down the north side of the New York MountainsI return to the wash and pass the big juniper that provided me with some nice shade for a few minutesThumbnailsJuniper Spring wash is an easy descent as it winds down the north side of the New York Mountains

Blue phacelias bloom under the shade of the juniper tree, and not beyond. Orange desert mallows outside the shade line provide major contrast.