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| Starting up the mountain on yet another rainy day |
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| The Organ Mountain partially covered by clouds |
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| In the upper foothills of Tortugas Mountain |
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| Clouds spilling over the mountains |
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| Rain-soaked Yuccas in the higher elevation |
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| Becca spots another hiker |
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| A faint trail traversing the mountain |
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| A very wet and muddy trail |
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| Spiny Norman |
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| The ramada in the Sunset Parking area |
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| History of the mountain |
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| The iconic tortugas (tortoise) after which the mountain is named |
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| Becca crossing the bridge back to the car |
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| Ramada and picnic benches |
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| The bridge spans a deep arroyo out of the mountain |
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| You don't normally see puddles like this in the desert |
3 comments:
Spiny Norman! What a great name! And, another set of fine images of the Organs, Packrat. I know the desert and the area around Las Cruces need a lot of moisture so, as long as it doesn't flood, don't complain too much.
Kali called our homeowners' association outside Fort Collins yesterday afternoon. They told her that they'd received a lot of rain (duh!) but there had been no flooding (we're up high in the foothills). And, though some of the roads had become rutted by runoff, none was impassible. The news on the radio this morning said that U.S. 34 linking Fort Collins and Estes Park (Rocky Mountain National Park) was completely washed away by flooding in the Big Thompson River canyon.
"Spiny Norman" is an offhand tribute to the gigantic hedgehog made famous by the Monty Python troupe. The cactus here is a Hedgehog.
Good that your place in Fort Collins is secure. Some of those videos out of Boulder are just amazing.
Thanks for your comment on the images.
I like the gentle sound of the stream.
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