After the Shower

Looking south from our place

Our morning trek was delayed about half an hour by a morning storm; it made for a spectacular rainbow to the south.  Our hike along the Grand View Trail was under an overcast sky for half the time, but when the sun was out it felt pretty miserable because of the high humidity.  We had a good outing, though, running into absolutely no-one on the trail.  Sorry to sound misanthropic, but I prefer my hikes sans other humans.  (Except for Dr. K, of course.)

Brilliant morning rainbow (they almost never translate well as images)

The rainbow actually appears to dip down on this side of the mountain

This image and the next:  Mountain Rose

Pattern on a boulder

Mountain Mahogany in bloom

Always a willing hiker

Across the high desert to the Sacramento Mountains

The sun made for steamy conditions

Looking down the mountain at White Sands National Monument

Coyote scat (notice the undigested Prickly Pears and seeds)

Part of a Juniper forest

Area of many Sotols

The black gravel is where a section of railroad bed used to lie (now the trail)