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| Starting out on the third section of the Rim Trail |
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| Still hazy from overnight rains |
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| Not too steep a climb |
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| Tularosa Basin obscured by haze |
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| Type of Four O'Clock? |
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| Mexican Silene |
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| Through an Aspen grove |
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| There were puddles on the trail everywhere |
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| The Rim Trail is very narrow in places |
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| 6-mile post |
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| Aspens against a blue sky with clouds |
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| Mountain Aster |
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| Elevations along the Rim Trail are above 9,000 feet |
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| Heading back to the trailhead |
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| It "feels" like more rain is in the offing |
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| Elevation at the trailhead |
5 comments:
All of these photos are beautiful. I really like the one of the light pouring down into the trees.
Thanks Dr. K, I like that one, too.
Kali would likely make me turn back on this hike the first time we encountered a puddle. She's no fan of hiking with wet boots or skirting puddles in the trails.
It was quite soupy, Scott, but once you've taken the plunge there's no turning back. I don't mind skirting puddles so much as I mind getting thick mud lodged in the lugs of my boots.
Many years ago, when we were in graduate school, Kali and I took a backpacking vacation in Zion National Park. We hiked up out of the Zion Canyon of the Virgin River and into the surrounding uplands. Midway to our intended camp, it began to rain and the trail turned to gumbo. Very quickly, our boots became twice (or thrice) as heavy with all the mud packed into the lugs. Needless to say, Kali has never forgotten this hike, even though it happened 35 years ago.
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