Great day hike down a pleasant canyon with a burbling creek. The trail was well defined for the first 3 miles or so, but after a couple of wet stream crossings, the trail just petered out. I found it here and there, but mostly it seemed to be somewhere else and I couldn't find it. I climbed up the scree so I could get out of the brush along the creek, but my second rattlesnake of the day, this one hidden under the rocks, made me backtrack and head out.
Only saw a few people and a couple of dogs. If you bring a dog, I would recommend keeping it on a leash for sure. The first rattlesnake I saw was a couple of miles in and only about 3 feet from the trail. Be careful!
The bugs were out, but not really much of an annoyance. The trail is a bit overgrown in places and I got pretty scratched up, but that was mostly at the end of the trail. On the way back I walked along the other side of the creek and ran across the cement remains of an old foundation, maybe an old homestead? The date "1933" was inscribed in the cement.
The flowers are just starting to come out and the trees are starting to leaf up, so this will be a completely different hike in a couple of weeks. Lots of sunflowers out right now, but that's about it.
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