Seen Along the Grand View

Moon/Power

Dr. K, Becca and I hit the Grand View Trail at 8:40 a.m. and we spent an hour and forty minutes hiking, exploring and taking photographs.  Well, I was taking photographs; Dr. K and Becca were being patient with me.  Nevertheless, we all had a good time trekking in excellent weather, and we ran into absolutely no other soul on the trail.  Don't mean to sound antisocial, but it's always a real treat to encounter nobody else in a gorgeous setting; it gives the sensation of being the only people on earth, and, currently, the way I'm feeling about earthlings that's a very good feeling to have.

This and the next three:  American Robin

Becca on the Grand View

Cliffs along the trail

Cactus in rock

Artsy flowers

These flowers

Sacramentos from the Grand View

B&W dead tree

Grand View Trail

Three-leaf Sumac showing color

Ancient Juniper

White Sands

Sumac at the side of the trail

Sotol with twin stalks

Three-leaf Sumac

Thought these were Western Soapberry leaves, but now I'm not sure

Driving down Orchard Loop

Closer to our high country home

High Country neighborhood