Threat of Rain

View from the window this morning

We were going to head up to Cloudcroft to hike the Osha Trail this morniing, but the likelihood of rain there was high:  80%.  It was 60% here, so we stuck close to home; fortunately we didn't get wet.  We met two dogs we've encountered on the Grand View Trail in the past, both of whom are friendly and get along well with Becca.  We think they belong to people who live on property abutting the Lincoln National Forest.  The dogs accompanied Dr. K, Becca and me for the final mile or so of our morning trek.  One of them (pictured below) seems as if he might be part Chow.

View from the window, slightly different perspective

Young male Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Same Northern Flicker

Plump little Robin?

The "let's get moving" stare

Beyond the mountains lies the Tularosa Basin

View from the pines

Distant line of clouds in front of the San Andres Mountains

Large mass of Apache Plume

What'll be left of White Sands if Ryan Zinke gets his hands on it

Becca makes a friend along the trail

This guy looks part Chow Chow

View of the Sacramento Mountains

Another Sacramento Mountains vista

Railroad ties at the edge of our driveway

The long view

Our place in the mountains

Becca near the Jeep

She's waiting impatiently because she's due a treat

Haynes Canyon

Still looks like rain after our hike