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| When we walked through this arroyo the air was definitely colder |
Dr. K, the Heelers and I went around to the Monte Vista side of Tortugas Mountain this morning for a moderately long hike. We ran into one mountain biker on the first leg of the trek, who, when Frio barked at him a few times as he passed, said, jokingly, "Don't heel me."
It was a brilliant day in our section of the northern Chihuahuan Desert, and we're slated to hit a high of 72F this afternoon. Because of the warmth both Dr. K and I were forced to remove one layer of outerwear midway through our outing.
Just as we were almost finishing our hike we ran into an elderly woman to whom I apologized in advance for any barking coming from Frio; he, of course, obliged, but not excessively. The woman said something to us that neither Dr. K nor I could make out. At least she was smiling when she said it.
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| Organ Mountains and clouds |
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| Dr. K and companions |
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| Frio and Willow |
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| Road toward the mountains |
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| Rugged desert just off trail |
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| Heelers and Dr. K |
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| Eastern flank of Tortugas Mountain |
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| Mountain biking the Chihuahuan Desert |
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| This and the next: somewhere east of Tortugas |
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| Observatory on Tortugas |
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| Heading back in |
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| Tortugas from the east |
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| Back around the mountain |
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| Loggerhead Shrike |
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| Tortugas |
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| Loggerhead Shrike |
1 comment:
I really like the first photo of the arroyo.
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