Flash Flood Watch

Desert Cottontail

Becca and I were able to get a long hike in before the rain picked up again.  It had been raining during the night.  We've had some pretty strong rains this afternoon, and we remain under a flash flood watch until late Wednesday.  I heard on the news that the heat index for Chicago would be near 100 degrees today, perhaps the hottest of the summer.  We'll be lucky if we make it into the mid-70s here in the Chihuahuan Desert.  It's nice to have such a respite, but we don't want any flooding even though we really need the precipitation.

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (a true hare)

Becca the multi-spot canine (a true dog)

Half and half

Muddy road around Tortugas Mountain

Very wet sand

Yellowing Ocotillos

Franklin Mountains near El Paso

Stingleaf (a pretty plant you don't want to touch)

U.S. Government workers doing god-knows-what

This volunteer plant is growing alongside the patio enclosure door

Nearly three-feet tall (don't know what it is)