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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Breezy to Windy

Pincushion Cactus (about the size of a golf ball)
The most we had this morning was a slightly stiff breeze at times, but this afternoon we're supposed to get more of the stiff winds we had a few days ago.  But it was very pleasant in the northern Chihuahuan Desert today.  We ran into JC on our way back, and then we bumped into Jimmy.  We all stood talking for about twenty minutes before Jimmy headed for the mountaintop.
On the high trail

Exploring a large arroyo

Somebody rode a horse with no name through here

The arroyo flows this way out of the mountains behind

Tortugas and the Organ Mountains

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Those pincushion cacti can be deadly because they're so small and so easy to step on.

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