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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Rain Dance?

A parched Ocotillo stand
I don't believe I've ever seen it this dry in the Chihuahuan Desert.  Scary dry.  Plants are bowed over from lack of water.  It's been 97 days now, and there's no rain in sight.  Time to do a rain dance?

Looking for rain (not really)

Interstate 10 on Las Cruces's west mesa

Let's go, you slacker

Two hikers, two dogs climbing Tortugas's west face

2 comments:

Dr. K said...

Becca is lucky that she has 4-wheel drive.

Jasmine Walt said...

I wish Mother Nature would just get it over with already. It rained a bit last night, a bit today, but mainly just remained overcast. Just let it out already! You'll feel much better afterwards. :D

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