Low Country to High

Big decision ahead

Becca and I did an abbreviated hike in the low desert before returning home to shower and finish packing for our trip to the high country.  We've been in Hill Rolls for several hours now, and it's decidedly cooler here in the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico.  Also, it's been overcast all day.  A cold front is supposed to blow in sometime tomorrow bringing with it a chance of rain and snow.  The system will clear out by Wednesday morning so we should be able to get in some good hiking over the next six days.

Cactus Wren

Devil's Head with bouquet

We're going that-a-way

Up along the flank in the high foothills

Velvety nerisyrenia (Mustard family)

It's a long way from here to the Organ Mountains

Desert hiking under a threatening sky

The view up Haynes Canyon in the Sacramento Mountains

A good place to park oneself

Elk scat on our driveway

Somebody (elk?) destroyed one of our yuccas