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| Down from the mountain and into the lower desert |
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| A road heading west toward Las Cruces |
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| Looking back at the Tortoise |
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| Still a lot of Chinchweed flowers about |
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| Tortugas and the Organ Mountains beyond |
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| Striking back toward the mountain |
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| Hard to believe how yellow it still is |
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| Across a lush Chihuahuan Desert to Tortugas's western flank |
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| A very happy hiker |
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| Black-tailed Jackrabbit (a true hare) |
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| Time to move on |
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| Stopping a short distance away to check us out again |
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| Why they're called "Black-tailed" Jackrabbits |
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| Surprising to find a Soaptree Yucca blooming now |
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| The flower stalk |
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| Succulent Yucca flowers were a delicacy to the Apache tribe |
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| They are slightly sweet and excellent in salads |
4 comments:
Kali makes landscape quilts by applique-ing cut fabric to a background. "Hard to believe how yellow it still is" would make a great quilt.
The back legs of jackrabbits always look so fragile to me, though they must be very strong because the rabbits are so fast.
I'd love to see that quilt, Scott.
Dr. K: Jackrabbits' legs are spindly as all get up, but as you point out the critters sure are fast runners.
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