It's March: Here Comes the Wind

The trail to the ramada at the Sunset Parking area

It was an extraordinarily pleasant morning when Becca and  I hit the trail west of Tortugas Mountain.  It was also very crowded out there, though we only ran into one mountain biker and one jogger.  Now--just less than an hour from our return--the wind has picked up.  We have a slight chance of rain today and tomorrow from the tail end of the storm that's battering California now.  Bad news for our friends in the Midwest and East:  this storm is going to track across country and deliver more unpleasant weather for the winter-fatigued there.

Tortugas's northwestern slope

Torrey Yucca leaning toward the western sky

Becca hears people coming down the mountain

Road heading west

Hilly desert land

Becca crossing the Crosscut Trail

The Tortoise from the west

Lenticular clouds over the Organ Mountains mean high winds aloft