Silence is Golden?

Ocotillos dropping some leaves

The parking lot at the Sunset area was the most crowded we'd ever seen it; every space was taken  A sign posted on the road leading to the huge ramada read:  "Sierra Vista Community event.  Free Food and Drinks."  Lots of noise emanating from there, but that's to be expected.  Not expected:  some hiker in the outback screaming for his dog, "Ranger," to come back to him; adult hikers on the mountain yelling to one another.  My next book:  "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hiking Etiquette."

Single-track trail beside Tortugas Mountain

Suspicious of noises (check the limp tail)

UFO cloud

Not long before Autumn in the desert