Wednesday Walkabout

Through the arroyo and onto the mesa

We saw a few other hikers and joggers on our walkabout, and we talked to Jimmy for about fifteen minutes.  We talked mostly politics--something I really hate to do while enjoying nature.  Sometimes the natural-made world and the human-centered world seem barely to coexist.  Nature proves to me that there is a superior force in the universe.  The human species often seems to me to be one of that force's inferior creations. And yet, human beings can often do wonderous things.

Old-timer Ocotillo



The Franklin Mountains near El Paso




Don't bother me while I'm resting



What the hell's in that Yucca?