When I arrived at the parking lot at 10:00 there were 6 cars. By the time I had my boots on and started hiking there were at least 12 cars. However, this area is vast and expansive and I never felt like there were very many hikers.
The signage is excellent, although it would have been nice to have had a map.
The meadow larks were singing, but I never saw one. There were four or five different wildflowers blooming, maybe more. I didn't count.
There were also many metal stakes with two, three or four tennis balls. Not sure what their purpose was. Also a ton of wire stakes with orange markers (coloniallawn.com). Not sure of their purpose either.
When I arrived at the junction of the east and west trails, it started to hail which lasted about 20 minutes. This was the first time in over 100 hikes I didn't have a rain jacket with me (although I did have my down jacket which I put on). On the way down it was so warm I stripped down to just a single layer.
Aside from the hail storm, it was a lovely day for a desert hike.
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