Hotter Than Yesterday (But Not Hell)

Starting out from the Sunset Parking area

The Beckster and I were on the trail pretty early for a 75-minute hike around Tortugas Mountain.  The respite from the heat we had yesterday is already a distant memory.  The naturalist Joseph Wood Krutch most loved his Sonoran Desert in the summertime.  He wrote:  "On the brightest and warmest days my desert is most itself because sunshine and warmth are the very essence of its character."  (The Voice of the Desert).  Personally, I like spring and fall best.

Jackrabbit (hare) in its natural habitat

Sticking her tongue out at a Jackrabbit

Not a white sock, but an untanned ankle

A view of the Organ Mountains

Fingertip-sized fruit of the Pencil Cholla

Pencil Cholla (choy-ya) fruit