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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thursday on Tortugas

A respite
Beautiful morning on the Foothills and Crosscut Trails.  We did find an unfired round on the latter trail, a .22 caliber rifle long; not the kind of thing you want to think about:  shooters popping off rounds in the outback.  Unfortunately, it happens way more often than it should.  But the Tortugas Mountain Trails area is a vast expanse, too big to be patrolled efficiently by the BLM or NMSU police.

View from the Crosscut Trail

Along the Crosscut

.22 caliber long

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

I'll never understand why people think it's OK to litter in the desert.

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