Confusing Squirrel Trail System
Our last stop for today is the Squirrel Springs trail system a convoluted series of loops with a beautiful creek nearby and lots of birds
White Mountains and turkeys in the rain
Today we try to find a place with no rain in the White Mountains and mostly fail but at least find some mushrooms and turkeys on the way
Special Terry Flat Loop
We end the day hiking the Terry Flats loop getting caught by rain and seeing some fun birds including a special grouse
Nelson Homestead Hike
After the hummingbird festival we hike to some farm ruins passing a dry lake and the native ruins we visited one time before
Hummingbird festival at Sipe Springs
Our main attraction of the trip is the hummingbird festival at Sipe Springs with lots of hummingbirds and unexpected number of visitors
Three nights at a lakeside AirBnB
We spend three nights in an AirBnB near a small lake seeing birds and even a muskrat while enjoying some great sunsets
On the Kachina Trail
The afternoon is spent hiking on the Kachina Trail looking at birds and butterflies while getting rained on upon returning
Aspen Corners Butterfly Outing
Today we drive to Aspen Corner north of Flagstaff to attend a butterfly outing at high altitude with an enthusiast group
Returning from Frankfurt to Phoenix
Returning to Phoenix we enjoy our lounge benefits to the max and a special phone exhibit in San Francisco while seeing glaciers over Greenland
The Unesco WHS Mathildenhöhe
The last place we visit in Darmstadt is the Unesco WHS site of Mathildenhöhe a compact example to the emergence of 20th century modernist architecture