Phoenix is in monsoon season now. I got rained-out last weekend as both Saturday & Sunday it was either raining or dark & cloudy all day. We had rain yesterday in the morning and in the evening today, but it was a mostly sunny weekend. Yesterday was actually pretty nice in mid-afternoon as I put in about a 45-minute run/walk, humidity was high for Phoenix but the temps were in the upper 80's so it didn't feel so hot. Today, however, was in the upper 90's when I went for another 45-minute run/walk and it was very humid, so noticeably more uncomfortable today compared to yesterday.
I noticed that there was a burn area just off of the concrete path, heading northeast on the concrete path just before the path parallels with Hwy 51. I'm not sure if the fire was man-made or from a lightning strike as we've gotten quite a few storms over the past few weeks, or it could have been a controlled burn by the fire department. I took a photo of it with my cell phone camera, as I didn't have my digital camera with me, unfortunately the photo file is too large to send to my online album.
**This photo is of one of the odd items you find at Dreamy Draw which seems oddly out of place. I assume it is related to the water control at the dam, but I don't know. There never is any water in the dam, and the park rangers always make sure to keep the weeds around this box cut back, so it most be important for something! It probably dates back to when the Army Corps of Engineers built the dam.
