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| Flowering Mesquite Tree on Tortugas's west side |
Becca and I took a quick hike in the lower desert this morning before the three of us--Dr. K, the Beckster and I--headed for High Rolls in the Sacramento Mountains. Unfortunately, we only get to spend the weekend here. Once you get up here, though, you feel like never going back. It's about fifteeen/twenty degrees cooler than in the low desert. I learned something today: the Mesquite flowers you see in image #1 are used by bees to make Mesquite honey (monofloral honey), which, apparently, has a distinct flavor. I've never tasted any. Going to have to hunt some up.
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| Hot enough to enjoy the shade |
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| A look back at Tortugas (Tortoise) Mountain |
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| Our pumphouse in High Rolls, 1500-gallon water storage tank at right |
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| The greenish-yellow trees line a creek that runs below our property |
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| Welcome to the pumphouse |
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| A closer look inside |
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| View of our place from the pumphouse |
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| We're at about 7,000 ft. here. 9,000 ft.-mountains in background |
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| Becca on our driveway |
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| Lots of dead Pinyon Pines in the area |
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| A look at the south side of the house |
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| Becca at the perimeter of our land |
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| After five weeks of not being here, this is what our rain gauge registers |
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Even without any rain, the trees are still greening out.
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