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Friday, October 12, 2012

Raindrops Falling on Our Heads

Picacho ("peak" en espanol)
Becca and I got a little wet on our long trek in the Tortugas Mountain outback.  It was quite cool on the trail, breezy with an overcast sky.  The raindrops felt pretty chilly as they plunged out of a frigid sky.  Fortunately, they didn't last.  Had the rain fallen harder we would have been soaked because we were still more than a mile away from the car.  It was a nice change of pace out there today.  Oh, and we met Greg--a guy we see hiking the mountain fairly often.
In the foothills

Trail down to the lower desert


Stand of yellowing Ocotillo

Miracle over the Organ Mountains

Velvety Nerisyrenia


Trail around Tortugas

Tortugas's western flank


On the outer loop road

What a sky!


I'm waiting

At the base of Tortugas (left), the distant trail

Big rain drops

3 comments:

Dr. K said...

I love that photo of the sky and clouds.

Scott said...

Great sky pictures!

packrat said...

Much appreciated Dr. K and Scott.

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