Week's End

Down the single-track

Becca and I did a pleasantly-long hike west of Tortugas Mountain this morning, and we only ran into one guy who had left his old Isuzu SUV parked at the base of the road leading to the mountaintop.  Technically, people aren't supposed to drive in this area since the university closed off Geothermal Road, but some scofflaws do it nonetheless.  He was jogging up the road, and he was long gone when we passed the spot again an hour-and-a-half later.   

The one-thousand-yard stare

What do I see over there?

Linemen for the county

Torrey Yucca in bloom

Closeup of Torrey Yucca flowers

Yucca and distant mountains

Looking down at a yucca flower stalk

Shades of Georgia O'Keeffe

Across a long stretch of desert

Desert Marigold

Desert flowers and observatory

Yucca west of Tortugas

More Wild Rhubarb

Closeup of Wild Rhubarb flowers

Torrey Yuccas blooming on a steep slope