Becca Loves Bushwhacking

OK, so she lies down on the job at times

Bushwhacking lets us explore more intimately our particular expanse of Chihuahuan Desert, the 8th largest desert in the world.  The Chihuahuan Desert stretches from southeastern Arizona across southern New Mexico and West Texas and down into the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango, Mexico and is bounded by the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental.  It is a high desert, with elevations ranging from 1900 to 5500 feet.  Because of elevation it has a milder climate than the Sonoran Desert to its west.

West of Tortugas Mountain

A small Barrel Cactus, probably killed by last winter's deep freeze

When I heard the learn'd astronomer

Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus