Here Comes the Sun

Trail from the Sunset Parking area

The sun has made a brief appearance in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, but it won't last long.  Another storm system (via California and Arizona) will be pushing through our area late this afternoon and into the evening.  Meteorologists have forecasted rain and even light snow.  Let's hope the snow is light; we're just recovering from our recent big snowstorm, which, at the local airport, measured one foot of the white stuff.  We had at least 8" here at the ranch.

Ladderback Woodpecker

The Beckster

Heading out of a steep gorge

All the snow is gone from the Potrillo Mountains

Down the single-track

Looking back

Picacho Peak ("picacho" is the Spanish word for "peak")

Mouth of an arroyo west of the mountain

Soaptree Yucca with baboon face

Closeup of the face

Bend in the road

Bird cloud over the Organs

Just west of the mountain