Chipmunk |
After our trek we returned to the cabin to pack and head down the mountain. Our descent was halted a few miles down Highway 82 by a serious accident; first responders had the road blocked in both directions. We waited a while before turning around, deciding to use Fresnal Canyon Road to get down to the desert. It took us a while because we got slightly lost. We filled up the CR-V in Alamogordo and made a decision to stop for lunch at the McDonald's in town.
Afterward we made the long trek back across the desert to Las Cruces, where the high temperature was to be 86F--14 degrees hotter than it would be in the High Rolls/Mountain Park area of the Sacramento Mountains.
Vista from the Grand View |
This and the next: Townsend's Solitaire |
Yellow flower |
Rails-to-Trails ramada on the Grand View |
This and the next 2: Smooth Spreading Four O'Clock |
Hedgehog Cactus on cliff edge |
Infrared tree |
Wallflowers |
Indian Paintbrush |
This and the next: flower growing in boulder crack |
Don't know what this is yet |
Heading back on the Grand View Trail |
1 comment:
Nice photos of the Smooth Spreading Four O'Clock flowers, one of my favorite flowers in the high country.
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