Ogling the Osha

Just starting out on the Osha Trail

Dr. K, Becca and I did a hike on the Osha Trail just outside of Cloudcroft, New Mexico this morning.  59 degrees Fahrenheit for the entire trek.  Afterward we jettisoned a small amount of garbage in a Cloudcroft dumpster, stopped at Allsups to buy trail mix and four gallons of drinking water then drove down Burro Street to look at the tourists scoping out all the shops.  We use the bottled water for drinking and cooking because, even though our well water is potable and filtered, it has a "slippery" quality to it--almost like soft water.

One of the happiest hikers

Looking toward White Sands National Monument

Highway 82 in the Sacramento Mountains

Mountain Rose

Getting ahead of herself

Western Columbine

Everything is leafing out

Aspen stand

Rocky Mountain Iris

Rocky Mountain Iris

Becca and Dr. K

Becca and Packrat

Preparing for takeoff

Iris and Aspen

I'm pretty certain something's coming up the trail behind us

Chokecherry flowers

Come out to the meadow Bonnie Jean

Slithering mass of tent caterpillars