Not as Bad as Yesterday

Yellow flowers on a Prickly Pear Cactus

It was quite windy this morning, but not like yesterday; today we could actually see the mountains.  But it was pretty cold, and the lack of sun added to the chill.  I brought gloves along, but never used them; glad I wore my anorak, though.  The only person we saw out there this morning was the mountain biker pictured in the last image.  Having done a lot of biking myself in the distant past I knew just what kind of struggle he was having against the elements.  But he was doing it for fun, and I'm sure he enjoyed himself.

Rose-colored flower on a Prickly Pear Cactus

Tiny new pad on a seemingly-dead Prickly Pear Cactus

Somebody coming up behind us?

Who's eating the Prickly Pear?  The size of the bites implicate Jackrabbits

Heading into the lower desert

A bit of Fall in springtime

Heavily-overcast skies

Ocotillos are beginning to leaf out

Gnarled old Ocotillo

Orange and yellow flowers on the same Prickly Pear Cactus

Workers heading to the top of Tortugas Mountain

Misty sky over the Organ Mountains

The sandy Chihuahuan Desert

A mountain biker battling the wind