Hiking the High Foothills

Beginning of the Sierra Vista Trail

Dr. K, Becca and I drove up to the base of the Organ Mountains east of town to do a long hike on the Sierra Vista Trail.  We only saw one other person out there, a man running with his dog, Eddie.  Eddie and Becca had some good interaction while we humans stood talking.  We've met Eddie before; he's a young Rhodesian Ridgeback who's just as friendly as can be.  Our trek was very pleasant because we got to revel in sunshine, which has been conspicuously absent for the past several days.

Southern reaches of the Organ Mountains

Fog bank in the high desert

Heading south

Becca Bumppo (James Fenimore Cooper "The Pathfinder" reference)

Clouds obscure the mountains

Waiting for the slowpokes

Clouds lifting

Soledad Rocks in front of the rugged Organ Mountains

A croft for clouds

Distant sighting of The Trickster (Canis latrans), aka Coyote

Becca spots her distant cousin

Clouds skirting around the Organs

Getting way ahead of the pack

Rock cairn trail marker

Village of Talavera and Tortugas Mountain (where Becca and I hike daily)

Brushed by a cloud