Saturday Heat

Lone ocotillo southwest of Tortugas Mountain

It was already pretty hot out there when Dr. K, Willow and I did our morning hike.  We took plenty of shade breaks along the way, primarily because Willow demanded them.  We're obligated to listen to her wants and needs.  We stuck to the regular route, seeing nobody else in our section of northern Chihuahuan Desert.  After the trek we took a long drive, much of it on the campus of New Mexico State University.

Between here and the mountains

Willow

Meh

This & next:  yucca fruit

Computer-enhanced image

Do not dance with cheek-to-cheek