Desert chicory, phacelia and in the lower left some lupine. There are about 8 or so species of phacelia in the area. This might be distant phacelia.

http://southwestdesertflora.com/WebsiteFolders/All_Species/Acanthaceae/Justicia%20californica,%20Chuparosa.html

Chuparosa

http://southwestdesertflora.com/WebsiteFolders/All_Species/Acanthaceae/Justicia%20californica,%20Chuparosa.html

Desert chicory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafinesquia_neomexicana

Brittlebush! Even in really dry years a few will flower, especially along highways where the pavement provides enough runoff.

https://www.desertusa.com/flowers/Brittlebush.html

This is some species of lupine. There are over a dozen species in the area. Not sure I could tell most of them apart if I was holding them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus

Light gray bushes with yellow flowers are brittlebush.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encelia_farinosa

Skinny cactus on the left is staghorn cholla.

https://www.americansouthwest.net/plants/cacti/cylindropuntia-versicolor.html

Several cacti with dark stems and light tops are teddybear cholla

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=cybi9

Dark green bush in the middle is the very interesting creosote bush.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrea_tridentata

Tall, straight, thin plant on right and upper left is ocotillo.

https://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Ocotillo.php

Hard to tell without a closeup. Could be one of several different yellow flowering shrubs... But my from size bush and shape, my first guess would be creosote bush... However, I have never seen them with such thick flowering!

https://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/1384/larrea-tridentata-creosote-bush/

Picacho peak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picacho_Peak_State_Park

Chain fruit cholla/jumping cholla

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindropuntia_fulgida

Brittlebush
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encelia_farinosa

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I know, I have some catching up to do on your journals. Looks like I will have time as we wade through this whole COVID19 adventure!

Oh NO! You poor thing! Our fearless leader - Chris already knew that so we went the way we did for that reason. We actually stopped in the day before to get our passes! what a great ride but we sure were glad we didn't have to back track!

Bee youtiful! :-)

Looks like Parry's beardtongue (Penstemon), as you note in the picture below.

http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=3226

The yellow ones look like desert marigold.

http://southwestdesertflora.com/WebsiteFolders/All_Species/Asteraceae/Baileya_multiradiata.html

And as you noted in the closeup, the orange ones are globemallow.

Nice photo!