Grandview Otra Vez

Fire across the valley this morning

Before we got started this morning we spotted a fire burning in the mountains across the valley from the High Desert Research Institute.  Fortunately, it appeared to have burned out later in the day.

We spent the morning hiking the Grandview Trail, one of our favorites in the Sacramento Mountains.  Oddly, though it is Saturday, we ran into nobody.  Neither Dr. K nor Becca complained about the absence of other hikers.  Being the solitary mountain man that I am, I certainly didn't complain.

Clever rock cairn

View from our cabin porch.  Not!

Cactus from rock

The Beckster on the Grandview Trail

Dynamic high desert

Dr. K reads about birds

Flowers and thorns