Crowded Entry Road

Hot start

The entry road into the Sunset Area of the Tortugas Mountain Trails was lined with cars this morning because workers had once again closed off the parking lot.  Hard to tell what they're doing.  It was still closed when Becca and I got back to our car after our ninety-minute trek.  Just as we were getting inside, our buddy Jimmy pulled up in his truck.  I had to let Becca back out so she could greet her good pal who had recently returned from a week in the Texas Hill Country.  We talked for ten or fifteen minutes before heading separate ways; just too hot to stand palavering outdoors.

Sunlight breaking over the flank of Tortugas Mountain

Mormon Tea flower

Desert Spider Beetle ( Cysteodemus armatus)