Grand View Two

Early start on the Grand View Trail

Dr. K, Becca and I got a very early start on the Grand View Trail this morning because we had to return to our place in High Rolls in order to do yard work.  Our high country trek was fantastic, made more so because we ran into only one person, a runner who was just about to jog up the stile over the barbed wire fence in order to get to the Bridal Veil Falls trailhead to continue his run.  There were lots of grand views along the Grand View and we spent time reveling in the gorgeous weather before heading back.

Scott's Oriole

Shaking its tail feathers

The land actually slopes away like that toward the Tularosa Basin

Cliff Fendlerbush

Moon in leafless tree top

Fendler's Bladderpod

Tableland

Hedgehog Cactus growing in rock

More cactus in rock

Midway ramada

White Sands National Monument

Trinity Site behind those mountains

This and the next four images:  Wild Rose

Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus growing in rock

Closeup of a Wild Rose

Mexican Barberry at the side of the trail

Becca having a great time

Mormon Tea

Yucca baccata (aka "Banana Yucca")

Fruit of the Three-leaf Sumac

Wild Rose

Wild Roses

Precarious perch for a Hedgehog Cactus

Scott's Oriole, female

Tree