A second Silver Peak hike

This morning I hiked up Silver Peak yet again (a 4.5 miles hike up to 8020 ft elevation, start hiking at about 5000 ft). I noticed that my fitness has improved since the last time, Im now used to the elevation and the heat. Not to say that Im not hurting right now, but again, its a good kind of hurt. We made it up the mountain much faster than last time, reaching the peak in 2hrs and 40 minutes (last time was about 4.5 hours, we stopped often to look at the scenery). Though I didn't get as many photos as last time, here are a few to share

A tiny Yarrows lizard, you can see the shed casing of a cicada in the left hand corner for scale.

These flowers (Penstomen barbatus) grow up in the mountains

A view East

A wasp roughly the size of your thumb

Me and the Chircahua Mountains