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| Raindrops on a Mesquite Tree in our backyard |
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| Clouds over the Organ Mountains |
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| Climbing Tortugas's northwest flank |
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| Leveling off |
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| The trail heading south |
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| Where the trail bends west back down the mountain's flank |
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| Scrambling over rocks on the way down |
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| The red dot (center) marks where we left the car |
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| About to head down into the lower desert |
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| Somewhat steep dropoff |
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| Rain on an unopened Prickly Pear Cactus flower |
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| Part of Las Cruces, New Mexico and the Robledo Mountains |
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| A female Scott's Oriole |
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| Organ Mountains |
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| Two ice cream cones? |
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| The trail around Tortugas Mountain |
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| Showy white flowers of the Soaptree Yucca |
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| Western flank of The Tortoise |
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| Late-blooming Claret Cup Hedgehog |
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| Are we being invaded? More soldiers trekking to the mountaintop |
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| Soaptree Yucca |
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| Pool of water in a huge boulder |
3 comments:
That part of the trail almost looks like a rock garden.
We haven't had any rain--none--for 3-1/2 weeks here in the northern Piedmont, Packrat. With spring in full bloom, it's challenging on the plants; it's easy to see well-established shrubs wilting during the warmest part of the day. We've got the possibility of showers on Saturday and Sunday, but as the weekend approaches, the likelihood (% chance of rain) seems to go down each day. It's getting bad. We went from above-normal for the year to drought-like conditions in less than a month.
Really sorry to hear about your lack of precip, Scott. We've had rain the past few days, and the conditions feel somewhat Monsoon-like--the kind of weather we usually get at the beginning of July and running through the end of September.
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