Sunday Service

Same backyard (ours), different sky

Dr. K, Becca and I spend our Sundays in the church of nature, always highly appreciative of the spirits that animate this section of the northern Chihuahuan Desert.  Although we're under a high wind warning for the rest of the day, the morning was beautiful, and we saw a few other people out enjoying the environment.  The high temperature today is supposed to be 67F, and it felt pretty warm not long after we set out on our hike behind Tortugas Mountain.  We got in a lot of good exercise by trekking two-thirds of the way around the mountain east to west before reversing direction.

Half-and-half

Making the bend to the south

Trekking behind Tortugas

Looking back at the trail we've traversed

Rugged eastern slope of the mountain

Forging ahead of the human hikers

Nearly at the far point of the trek

Starting back in

Cactus garden behind Tortugas

Large round mound of Hedgehog Cactus

Eastern escarpment of the Organ Mountains