Vaccination Day

Another very early start

Becca and I had to get a really early start this morning because I had to take her to the vet at 11:00 to get her semiannual rattlesnake vaccination.  Being at the vet with Becca is not a pleasant experience because she gets so anxious she shakes like a swimmer emerging from cold water in forty-degree weather when a stiff wind is blowing.  And, unlike the hypothetical swimmer, Becca drools when she's nervous.  

Cutting across the high foothills

View of Tortugas's western flank and the distant Organ Mountains

White-thorn Acacia (Bishop Cap in background)

Looking down at a desert valley

Becca in front of a White-thorn Acacia

Love these Scott's Orioles

Don't bushwhack across this section of desert

Shadow and light on an Evening Primrose

Heading north on the outer loop road

Just another sandy respite

Several Soaptrees west of Tortugas

Night-blooming Cereus

Took this pic because the Prickly Pear resembled a rabbit, then saw the real rabbit (top)