On the Trail Again

The way the sky has looked all day

Becca and I got an early start on our trek this morning because I wanted to get in a decent hike before returning home to shower and keep a 10:30 appointment with the doctor I saw two days ago.  She wanted a follow-up to make sure my insect bites were responding to treatment.  They have responded well, but the antibiotic has done a real number on my GI tract, which antibiotics often to do me.  Nevertheless, Becca and I had a good time on our outing, especially because the sky was overcast and there was a slight breeze.  Very un-desert-like here in the northern Chihuahuan Desert.

I think there's a chance of rain in the late afternoon

Scott's Oriole on a dead yucca bayonet

West side of Tortugas

Happy to get back into the desert after a day off

Allthorn in bloom

Is this a green bee or hoverfly?

More Allthorn flowers

Follow this trail to the sky

On the brink of a deep gully

Upper foothills trekker

Trail that heads southwest from the mountain

Above trail in B&W

Same trail, different perspective

Auditioning for a role

Ocotillo corsage

Distant trail up the mountain

Small rock and pebbles

On the mend

Rocky ridge