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| Starting out on the Sierra Vista Trail (south) |
The weather was beautiful this morning for a long hike on the Sierra Vista Trail outside the village of Talavera in the Organ Mountains. Dr. K, Becca and I enjoyed the variable conditions: sunny, party cloudy, windy, breezy, calm. The temperature was just right for a semi-strenuous hike--high 50s, low 60s. We encountered no other hikers or bikers on our expedition, and when we returned to the parking area off Soledad Canyon Road ours was the only car in the lot. A good Sunday morning in the Church of Nature.
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| Not as flat as it looks |
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| When is a dog an eager beaver? |
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| Stingleaf flower |
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| Clouds blanket the Organ Mountains |
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| In a steep, overgrown arroyo |
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| Western Soapberry Trees along an arroyo bank |
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| On the high desert trail just west of the Organ Mountains |
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| Blue sky, clouds, mountains and grassland |
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| A Barrel Cactus seems to shed its old self |
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| Whitest rock in the territory |
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| This chapulín (Sp. "grasshopper") looks outfitted for battle |
2 comments:
I especially like the photo with the western chokeberry trees.
I like the chokeberry tree image, too, Dr. K. And I appreciate your armored orthoperan comment, Packrat--really handsome (the grasshopper :) .)
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