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| Weather at start |
Dr. K, Li'l Wil, Frio and I did essentially the same hike as yesterday, but extended it a bit further this Sunday morning. We had something of a nightmarish encounter with an overly talkative woman whose Giant Schnauzer (a breed we'd never heard of before) was extremely well behaved even though Frio and Li'l Wil were barking their heads off at it. The woman kept talking to us (to me, really) while the Heelers were highly agitated. Dr. K and I both thought, at first, that it might be a good exercise in desensitizing our hounds, but the interaction lasted too long.
Despite the aggravation the four of us enjoyed our morning outing, exploring the same major arroyo we'd hiked through yesterday. Desert arroyos are almost always interesting places to explore, and we took our time hiking east along this one.
On the final leg of our trek we were passed by both a mountain biker and a runner, the latter saying to us, "Beautiful dogs!" I thanked him, grateful that both Heelers were really well behaved for the final two encounters of the day.
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| Organ Mountains |
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| Outer Loop road around Tortugas Mountain |
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| Things are greening up |
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| Mockingbird |
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| Torrey Yucca |
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| Bed of clouds in the Organ Mountains |
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| Departure |
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| This and the next: Mockingbird |
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| It's going to be a green spring in the Chihuahuan Desert |
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| Break out the Clearasil |
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| This and the next: Li'l Wil, Dr. K and Frio |
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| Soaptree Yucca (front) and a Torrey Yucca |
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| Loggerhead Shrike |
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| This and the next 2: male Gambel's Quail |
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| Exploring a wide arroyo |
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| Spectaclepod |
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| Look at the size of that Little-leaf Sumac behind us |
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| Cloud bookmarking the Organs |
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| Weather at finish |
1 comment:
Beautiful photos of the birds we saw this morning. I especially like the ones of the quail.
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