Starting out from the northern trailhead |
Yuccas and the Organ Mountains |
The rugged Organ Mountains |
Becca and Dr. K trekking ahead |
View of the mountains from the west |
Looks like two, but really one Barrel Cactus |
This high grassland is heavily populated by Barrel Cacti |
Becca loves an early-morning hike |
Barrel Cactus and Banana Yuccas in the high grassland |
Flora in the high desert |
Closeup of a Barrel Cactus |
Scouting for critters |
Barrel Cactus and yuccas |
Barrels all over the place |
Send in the clones |
Serrated edges |
Sotol growing in the high desert grassland |
Young Mule Deer buck |
Lots of grassland between here and there |
What can I say?--more Barrels |
Desert Cottontail |
I'll pin my ears back and they won't know I'm a rabbit |
Dr. K next to a Barrel Cactus |
Mountain biking the high desert |
A fun thing to do |
High desert arroyo |
Wait until you see what Becca has spotted |
It's a posse heading our way |
Idyllic Western scene |
High desert riders |
One riderless horse |
This is what trekking in the high desert looks like |
One thing I'll always thank President Obama for: this national monument |
1 comment:
I wonder why so many barrel cacti grow in this area? An interesting and invigorating hike.
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