Heading for High Rolls

Covering familiar ground

Becca and I did a short hike in the lower Chihuahuan Desert this morning before returning home, finishing packing for the weekend, and heading to High Rolls with Dr. K.  We've been here about five hours now, and I'm just getting around to posting this because, in addition to a few chores around here, I had to deal with a beeping smoke detector by replacing the 9V battery in it.  Unfortunately, the damned thing keeps beeping, which means I'm probably going to have to replace the smoke detector upstairs as well as the one downstairs.  What fun!

Desert Cottontail

From here to there

Tortugas

Nobody has claimed these lost glasses

Diving seal?

Becca spots a mountain biker

Just west of the Tortoise

Dynamic sky

Up at our place in the high country

Enter here (through the mud room)

Looking toward Haynes Canyon

Sunny, cool day in the mountains

Heading up our private road

Where the power comes from

Looking toward Apache Point

Flowers along our drive

Becca near our small tree (over 10' now)

High country in Haynes Canyon

Yellow bouquet