A Beautiful Hike (Monday, March 16th, 2020)

We decided to get out today and get a little fresh air and sunshine, so we drove down to Cattail Cove State Park, which approximately 15 miles south of the town of Lake Havasu, for a hike.  Usually when you go through the gate of the state park, they take your parks pass and your ID and examine them before letting you in.  But today, the routine was a little bit different.  We held up our pass and ID, and from 6 feet away, she looked at them and let us in.  We thanked her for not touching our pass, and we went into the state park.

We headed to the south on our hike along the lake, and enjoyed all of the spring wildflowers along the way.  We ran into about three different groups of hikers on the trail, so we stepped aside, and gave them room to pass by us, and continued on our way.

The thing that really amazed us on our hike was the number of lizards we saw out today.  I think they were soaking up the sun, just like we were,  after all of the rain we have had the last few weeks.

We stopped at the halfway point for a quick selfie.

As we were hiking back, we watched a white heron circle and land out in the dessert.  Such a strange place to see a heron.

This is the largest lizard we saw today.  It was about 12 inches long.  We're pretty sure that it is a desert iguana, which can grow up to 24 inches.

Our hike was amazing today.  The weather was perfect, and the views were beautiful!  While trying to stay away from people, we will have to be creative about how to get some exercise and enjoy our days.  We ended our day with a really beautiful Havasu sunset.