Cold Snap!

Trail from the Sunset parking area

It happened at the midpoint of our morning:  the advent of the cold front that had been predicted to blow through.  Just as I changed hats from cap with ear flaps to ball cap the wind suddenly kicked up, and the temperature dropped dramatically.  Becca and I ran into Jimmy and Greg, who were coming down from the mountaintop together--both men bundled up against the cold.  They said it was even windier at the crest.  We all hiked back to the parking area together as Becca showed off her canine dexterity by prancing around like a puppy.

Exiting a huge arroyo

The high foothills of Tortugas Mountain

Intensity

Picacho

Tortugas and the Organ Mountains

Waiting for the slowpoke

Sandy section of the desert floor