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| Photo stop after a steep climb to the upper section of the trail |
Dr. K, Becca and I got a fairly early start for a hike on the Grand View Trail just outside of High Rolls, New Mexico. Despite the persistent wind the sky was pretty clear, making for some outstanding views into the Tularosa Basin. Both going and coming we ran into an elderly woman with two loose dogs, who, upon first seeing us, came running toward Becca at full speed (that is, the canines came running). It was a friendly enough encounter until the smaller dog, BJ--a Chihuahua with a Napoleon complex--began barking at the Beckster. When we met them again as we were heading back, the woman, who Dr. K thought a dead-ringer for Barbara Bush, put her dogs on leads. I think she was afraid that Becca would bite BJ, though I was concerned the opposite might be true. But we all had a nice talk about doggie personalities before heading our separate ways.
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| The mountains slope down toward the Tularosa Basin |
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| A wide expanse of trail . . . |
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| . . . soon narrows through a chute |
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| Rails-to-Trails ramada marks the midway point of the trek |
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| A beautiful morning for hiking even though it was quite windy |
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| The brilliant gypsum of White Sands National Monument |
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| Much of the Grand View Trail looks like this |
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| I had to get off-trail to get a picture of this dead tree |
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| Where the trail almost becomes a road |
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| Not our cabin |
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| Dr. K and I have done 5-mile treks into the interior of White Sands |
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| Decayed front leg of an elk |
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| Headed back to the Jeep |
1 comment:
We saw plenty of fresh horse doo-doo on the trail today, but fortunately didn't run into the horses.
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