Shorter Trek

Dead Plumed Crinklemat flower

I took Becca on a shorter hike this morning to make sure I wasn't pushing her too hard on our daily treks.  She did fine on our explorations west of Tortugas Mountain.  And even though we traveled less there were still quite a few interesting things to see and to photograph.  When we got back to the car we had an encounter with J.C. and Olivia and our buddy Gregg.  Chatted for only a short time, though, as I didn't want to leave the Beckster in the car alone for too long.

There was a crooked yucca

Looking back the way we just came

Soaptree Yucca flowers

Blossoms of the Soaptree Yucca

A single Soaptree Yucca

Soaptree Yucca clones

Small arroyo branch west of the mountain

Becca happy to be in an arroyo

Exploring

Out of the arroyo and onto a dirt road

Rest break

Paperflowers

Bent flower stalk

Part of Las Cruces, New Mexico and Picacho Peak