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| Chamisa |
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| Some of the critters that inhabit this area |
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| View from the Grand View |
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| Mesas above the Tularosa Basin |
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| Shadows along the trail |
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| Chihuahuan Flax |
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| Indian Paintbrush |
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| Chihuahuan Flax |
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| Heading through the cut |
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| Rails-to-Trails ramada at the halfway point |
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| Beyond the mountains White Sands National Monument |
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| Many shady spots along the trail |
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| Sotols growing just off the trail |
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| This and following: Apache Plume flower |
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| Mesquite beans (good for making flour) |
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| Allthorn |
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| Sand Verbena |
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| Black Swallowtail |
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| Black Swallowtail |
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| Unsettling to be eyed by this scavemger |
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| Stealth: Raven or Crow? |
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| Turkey Vultures perched near a carcass |
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| Turkey Vultures are very large raptors |
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| This one looks as if it's wearing an overly-large bird suit |
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| At the trailhead |
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| Two of our neighbor's horses |
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| Pastoral scene in High Rolls, New Mexico |
4 comments:
I'm glad those turkey vultures left you and Becca alone. Nice butterfly photos, Packrat.
Thanks, Dr. K. Wish you had been there.
:)
Packrat: I assume the post is entitled "Duo" because it should have been "Trio." Kali stepped off a curb the first night we were on vacation last year and her ankle blew up like a balloon. (You can imagine what kind of mood I was in after that, let alone what Kali was shaving to endure [from her ankle and from me).) We were sure it was broken, but it wasn't--just badly sprained, thank goodness. I hope Dr. K gets better fast.
I did my bicycle ride yesterday and am glad I "played hookey." I rode the paved bicycle trail in the city park paralleling my creek downstream of my preserve. Total distance: 17.5 miles. You might think, "Of course he's glad he played hookey." But, actually, sometimes that ride depresses me. The park is overused and abused, and the city doesn't have the money to repair the wear and tear. Bridge abutments over the creek are full of graffiti, and the woods are full of invasive plants. Sometimes, I come home feeling worse than I did before I went out. But, for whatever reason, I had a good time yesterday. It was warm, but not too hot, it was sunny, and there weren't many people on the trail (weekday afternoon), so I had a good ride.
Thanks for the kind words for Dr. K, Scott.
I'm glad you had a good ride, and a pretty long one at that. I must say that your description of the park did sound somewhat depressing, but it is what it is, right?
When I was teaching at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona I commuted to school (17-mile round-trip) for quite a while before almost getting hit by a school bus one day and, another day, nearly running over a rattlesnake. I went back to driving our old Toyota Corona after that.:)
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