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| This and the next: Barrel Cactus with a healthy crop of fruit |
On my way back in, when I had gotten back on the beaten path, I ran into Jimmy who was climbing the mountain road. We each made a slight detour so we could stand for a while and chat about this and that. He told me he had bumped into our pal Raymond, with whom I had hiked on the first leg of my trek earlier.
While Jimmy and I talked several people passed up and down the road to the mountaintop, and one guy approached on the single-track trail we were on, his Mexican music playing fairly loudly from his audio equipment. He asked if we'd seen any wildlife and then told us he'd encountered a large Mule Deer buck at the top of Tortugas.
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| Extended family of Torrey Yuccas |
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| Road west |
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| In an arroyo west of the mountain |
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| A huge Ocotillo--at least 20 feet tall |
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| Soaptree Yuccas and an enormous Torrey Yucca |
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| Rolling hills west of the mountain |
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| Exploring the arroyo |
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| Desert flora on a steep bank |
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| Trekked pretty close to this ancient Torrey Yucca |
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| This and the next 3: headed west out of this arroyo |
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| Two Hedgehog Cacti and a Barrel |
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| Ocotillos west of the mountain |
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| Across the rugged desert to Tortugas and the Organ Mountains |
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| Forest of Ocotillos west of Tortugas Mountain |
1 comment:
Nice to see that some of the ocotillos are still greenish, even thought it's now autumn.
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