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Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Chilly to Warm

This and the next:  all fruit  is gone from this Barrel Cactus
41F when we set out for First Arroyo this morning, but with constant sun and no wind the desert began heating up; so much so, in fact, that Dr. K and I were getting hot by the time we got back to the upper flatland and the waiting CR-V.

Saw nobody out there today, not even the Black-tailed Jackrabbits that have been making our lives hell during recent hikes.  Willow is always on the lookout, though, crossing back and forth on the trail like a Chinese kite in gale-force winds.  She exercises my body (and my patience) like no dog I've had before.


This and the next 2:  the same Soaptree Yucca



This and the next 2:  Frio and Willow



Mesquite

This and the next:  same Soaptree


LDR

Dead or alive?

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Nice photos of the Soaptree Yucca.

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