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Friday, October 17, 2014

Up in the Air

Contrails over Tortugas
I didn't mean to focus on airborne subjects this morning, it just turned out that way.  The weather was very pleasant for our early-morning hike today.  Becca and I took a moderately-long trek west of Tortugas Mountain.  We saw Mr. Tacoma's white Toyota truck parked over by the lineman school, but we never saw Mr. Tacoma.  In fact, we saw nobody in the outback during our walkabout.  We did see a bunch of critters, though, which is always a big plus when heading out into the natural world.
Somebody rolled a tire down the mountainside

Dove in a Yucca

Hot-air balloon time

Heading down the trail

Devil's Claw waiting to hitch a ride

A hot dog

Cactus Wren

Curve-billed Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher

2 comments:

Dr. K said...

That cactus wren has such pretty markings.

packrat said...

It does, Dr. K. Cactus Wrens crack me up; they're the "Heckle and Jeckle"s of the desert Southwest.

Very Early Solo with Wils

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