Double-checking

Doing the same hike

We did the exact same hike we did yesterday--sans the bushwhacking--in order to make sure we heard no dog barking or yelping in the outback.  We didn't.  I couldn't decide whether to feel relieved or not.  Ran into Jimmy on our return to the Sunset Parking area, and we all stood talking for fifteen or twenty minutes.  (I assume it's understood that Becca did no talking.  In fact, Becca won't talk even if you give her the "talk" command.)

Double-checking the area where we heard the dog yesterday

Getting around behind Tortugas Mountain

The Organ Mountains

Time for a shade break on the outer loop road

Ike and Mike

Another family of Torrey Yuccas

Way out on the outer loop road