Black Canyon

Road to TH was decent, saw a few cars that made it in, just go slow. Arrived at TH just a little before 10 and was first car. Not many flowers blooming first 2 miles of trail. When you reach the upper slope Grass Widow starts to bloom and keeps going all the way up. Just look around and you will see buttercups and grass widow for miles. Also lots of parsley. I had hoped for shooting stars but they are at least 2 weeks out. There's still some patches of snow and muddy spots last mile to ridge.
For the first time on this trail, I encountered motorcycles & ATV's I didn't see any hikers until I was at the end and almost back to my car. They were all friendly and didn't run me over so I was cool with that.
Butterflies, flies, bees, and mosquitoes are out and a bit annoying at the ridge when the wind died down. I walked for 6 hours took a million photos and just enjoyed the sun and blue sky.

On the way out I saw a patch of Lupine in full bloom with one pink patch in the middle, this was just to the left on the hillside before you open the gate. Pretty cool to see when it wasn't blooming anywhere else.
I also had a bonus, I discovered a family of yellow-bellied marmots living next to the freeway i-90 at Thorp Exit. To the right of the on ramp to i-90 West. They were super cute! I can't imagine that being a very quiet place to set up house, but I enjoyed watching them for a bit.