Sunday on the Mount

A break from the heat

Dr. K didn't accompany us on our hike today, too tired from her week-long trip to San Francisco; so Becca and I did a long tour of Tortugas.  There were quite a few other hikers/bikers on the mountain this morning, but we didn't run into any of them.  The temperature was pretty high, the humidity up there, and, at first, there was very little breeze to speak of.  The wind picked up shortly after we started off, though, and that ameliorated the heat somewhat.

On the loop road looking south

Soaptree Yucca (left) and Ocotillo

Approaching the Organ Mountains