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Best Easy Day Hikes Anza-Borrego

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I am generally somewhat partisan towards hiking in mountains and among forests but every now and again, especially during the Spring after a good rainy season, I like to go to the desert and see the (sometimes) spectacular flower bloom. Anza-Borrego State Park is a great place for this sort of activity and this edition of "Best Easy Dayhikes" is a nice guide to the hiking alternatives in the area.

This book is actually an exerpt from a much larger Falcon Press book, 'Hiking California's Desert Parks' by the same authors. As with other books in the 'Best Easy Dayhikes' series, the focus here is on short walks with relatively minimal elevation gains. In this the authors do an excellent job. Only three of the twenty hikes exceed 3 miles in length. Many are less than a mile. And all of the trails I took from this guide were delightful. It's almost enough to tempt me into spending more time in the desert.

We go to the desert a few times a year and have used this book several times. I have been pleased with the detail of the parking areas for the hikes as well as the description of the hike itself. With small kids who don't last long this book allows you to know what you're in for before you begin.