Friday Flight Plan

Honeybee on Ocotillo flower

Becca and I did a moderately long hike west of Tortugas Mountain this morning running into just two other hikers, though we did see two others at a great distance.  We were able to get our trek in before the temperature climbed too high; we're headed for 89F today.  Soon I'll have to switch over from our furnace to our evaporative cooler, though we haven't used the heater for the past two weeks.  It was beautiful out in our section of the northern Chihuahuan Desert, and we saw a lot of interesting sights.

Along the high foothills trail

Mockingbird

Prickly Pear Cactus flowers opening

Not apointillis painting, but a Whitethorn Acacia bush

This and the next 8:  same hummer

This show will be opening soon

Whitethorn Acacia flowers

Pale Evening Primrose packing it in for the day

Becca knows how to take a break

There she is doing it again

Desert Crossroads

Posted the wrong Mockingbird photo above

Wooly Paperflower, Scorpionweed and Range Ratany