Bar Canyon Trail

Soledad Canyon

Soledad Canyon is a twenty-minute drive from our place; it's often a very popular weekend hike.  We were fortunate that only a few cars occupied the parking lot when we arrived, and we only encountered two other hikers:  a woman with two well-trained dogs, and a man who was birdwatching.  The weather was outstanding for a late-November morning, and we had to take our windbreakers off after a short stint on the trail.  Becca, of course, took nothing off.

Counter-clockwise on the loop trail

Back toward Las Cruces.  Tortugas Mountain near the horizon line

Section of the loop trail

I call it Casita Grande (after Big Bend's Casa Grande)

The old rock house homestead in Soledad Canyon

Another view of Casita Grande

Adrift in a sea of grass

Sotol (aka Desert Spoon) in the foreground

Move it, people!

Ancient windmill

Trusty Commander waits patiently