Barnhardt Trail, Tonto National Forest, Arizona

Barnhardt Trail is located southwest of Payson, Arizona along SR87. The entire trail is approximately 6 miles one-way. There are two water falls at 3 miles in.



The wooden trail map at trail head does not indicate directional information, nor distance



Gopher snake, harmless



Cacti flowering





Water fall from afar





More cacti flowering



Small pool



Small lizard resting on a boulder





Water pool



Lunch







Mazatzal Mountain



Yellow flower



Layered rock formation



Wild flower



Ant hill

My loot from International Migratory Bird Day at Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center last Saturday.

"Check out my brown eye!"
"Oh my..."

Watch out for that Gila monster!

Tonto Narrows Closed

I tried to hike Tonto Narrows yesterday, but the gate is locked when I got there.





Later I found out from Charles Liu's (author of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles Phoenix) website:

As of early 2009, the trailhead for this hike is closed to public access due to recent conflicts between hikers and local ranchers. There are currently no established alternate access routes to Tonto Creek from the town of Gisela.

That is just too bad!

Kill the Dwarf, Twice

In most American cities, there are always two distinctively different shopping malls. One is for White customers and the other for Blacks.

Similar to shopping malls, movies are also made especially catering to the taste of different ethnicity. (I for one never understood why Tyler Perry is so popular among the Black community.)

In 2007, Frank Oz directed an English comedy film called Death at a Funeral.

The same plot is then used in two additional movies:

Dwarf had a homosexual fling with deceased arrives at funeral to blackmail rest of the family, he gets accidental killed and dumped in casket, and problem solved.

Daddy Cool (Indian version) was made in 2009



Death at a Funeral (Black version) made in 2010:



where Peter Dinklage plays the same dwarf in both Black and White versions.

FarmVille Crop Chart Updated up to Level 36

I have updated my FarmVille Crop Chart with crops accessible up to level 36. The optimal crops separated by harvest time are:

Blackberries

Ghost Chili

Sugar Cane

Green Tea

Onion

Coffee

Peas

Broccoli

Red Wheat

Water Melon

Update: There is no additional crop after level 36. The latest is Asparagus.