Return to the Low Desert

Clouds over Tortugas Mountain foothills

What can you say when, on the first day of winter, it's going to be 70 F (21 C) in the Chihuahuan Desert?  It literally felt like spring out there this morning.  The Beckster and I thoroughly enjoyed our long hike.


The sinuous flank of the mountain



Torrey Yucca and the Organ Mountains

Resting in the shade

Clouds and gorgeous blue sky