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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Heading High

East side of the Organ Mountains
I did a quick hike west of Tortugas Mountain without my camera this morning; I actually forgot to bring it along.  When I got back we finished packing for our trip to the Sacramento Mountains, ate lunch, and then hit the road for High Rolls/Mountain Park.  We got up here between 2:20 and 2:30 p.m., which is a little later than normal, but we paid a short visit to Aguirre Springs National Recreation Area on the east side of the mountains in Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument prior to heading for even higher ground.
Rabbit Ears

Road into Aguirre Springs

Sugarloaf at left

Cloud over the Sacramentos

Mountain home

Becca and Dr. K

La flor

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

It's good to be up here in the high country for a few days.

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