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| Mountain Roses were in flower all along the trail |
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| This looks like a type of Poppy |
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| The happy hiker |
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| Into the Tularosa Basin |
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| The old railroad bed, now part of the trail |
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| The gravel on the railroad bed almost looks like pumice stone |
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| So I went crazy photographing the wild roses |
3 comments:
Because of the rains the wildflowers are profuse and beautiful.
I hope things worked out with the well guy (on a holiday weekend, no less!). Though I don't like the idea of having to pay into the communal water system at our place in Colorado, I also didn't relish the idea of having to deal with a well (like some of the folks in the area have to do). Even though we don't live there yet, Kali and I are obligated to pay the yearly water system upkeep fee, which is about $300, because we're homeowners.
I hear you, Scott. We've owned the High Rolls place for almost five years, and we've had a few serious problems with the well, including the replacement of the pump because it froze during the "big freeze" of several Februaries ago.
I've talked several times already to our well guy about what it would take to install a rainwater harvesting system. I like the idea for several reasons: we could stop dealing with well problems (including failure of mechanical parts) and we could revel in our "greeness" since we live in a "critical water" area.
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