We tried to start the hike as early as 7am but we really didn't get on the trail till 8:30.  This made it a much hotter hike than we wanted.  But we survived.  I took a lot of pictures along the way. 

This first picture is taken from where we parked the car.  It is a view across the Castle Creek.  The trailhead is located pretty much straight ahead.

Here's another view of the trailhead and the wash.

Part way through the wash I took this picture looking "upstream".  It looks like this creek hasn't had any water in it for a while.

This is the trailhead.  We filled out the registry in the box.  The last group on this trail was the previous weekend.  It was some hiking group from Anthem, I think. 

The trail starts here.  It is a short, steep climb and then fairly flat most of the rest of the way.