Here're a few random shots I took while hiking the past couple of weeks.  All images come from the little Panasonic FX100, and all were taken in the Local Catalina mountains, just north of Tucson, AZ.     This scene is along the Lemmon trail around 8500' (2591m), I thought the two little weeds sporting opposite colors was cool.     This is my favorite for some reason, I guess it reminds me of a southern Michigan fall scene, misty, wet weather.  This day was clear and dry, the camera over-exposed the sky, washing out the light blue and making it look foggy.     This shot is part of Box springs, off the Box camp trail, which is an area loaded with waterfalls, chutes and pools.  It's very inaccessible, but worth the hike down in.       This colorful tree branch belongs to an Arizona Madrone.  An evening shot helps accentuate the already super-orange bark.     Here, an undefined weed makes a colorful statement back-lit by the sun.     The requisite Lichen-on-rock shot.      Bracken turn golden in the fall and seem to hold up well against frost.      This Big-toothed Maple tree is about as big as they get around here.  I found this one along the Butterfly trail about 2 miles (3.2km) from the parking lot.  This image is a variation of the maple second from the top.     Another Maple with a different look.  This tree is real close to where a fighter plane went down years ago.     Here's your friendly hiker and snap shot taker.  I'm sitting next to a massive Pratt and Whitney J-47 engine from an F-86 Sabre jet that crashed in 1957, the pilot ejected safely.  This is along the butterfly trail about 3 miles in, close to Novia springs.  Imagine being here when this baby crashed, fuel spraying everywhere, huge trees splitting like match sticks, the sound of the engine ripping itself apart, fire and aircraft parts raining down upon you.  Now you can sit back and contemplate what happened on that fateful day as you enjoy the babbling brook and park-like setting that has returned.  This is a good place to eat a sandwich and look for souvenirs.     This here little critter is a canyon treefrog.  He bunches himself up to look like a stone, and it worked so well I almost stepped on him!      The most colorful thistle I've ever seen is before you.  It's called the Arizona thistle and attracts a throng of butterflies.  That's it folks, hope you enjoyed the color tour.