Merciful Cloud Cover

Blanket of clouds to the west

You just can't say enough about the wonders a significant cloud cover can do for a long hike through the desert.  Not only did the clouds provide shade, but a gentle wind added to the cooling effect.  Today's long hike in late July felt like an early-April saunter.  Becca and I stopped several times for water, but we weren't sucking in down like two dehydrated wanderers in the Sahara Desert.

A patch of blue

Long way across the desert

Wonderful layer of clouds

Trekking toward Tortugas

Welcome cloud shadow

Tripartite seed pod of the Rain Lily

Rain Lily pods



Road around Tortoise Mountain