After Hump Day Hike

This & next:  new Soaptree Yucca flower stalks

Dr. K, Willow, Frio and I followed our normal route on the usual hike this morning, spotting the Basset Hounds with their humans in the Tellbrook Arroyo as we descended LDR-A arroyo; we had to pause a bit to give them time to clear out of the way in order to avoid any interaction.

We saw no one else during the rest of the trek, but we did encounter several quail as well as two hummingbirds.  Got a few OK images of the critters.

The weather was fine during our outing, 50F at start and near 60F when we finished up.

Organ Mountains

New Soaptree Yucca stalks in the left branch arroyo

The "O"s

Looking northward down the right branch arroyo

Mormon Tea

This & next:  Blackfoot Daisies

This & next 2:  new Soaptree Yucca flower stalk

This & next:  male Gambel's Quail high on a perch

This & next 2:  Black-chinned Hummingbird and Ocotillo

Ocotillo flowers and the Organ Mountains

Last 2:  Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)