Unwelcome Weather Change

1st 2:  yesterday afternoon view of Tortugas and the Organs

Really icky out there this morning:  sunny, hot, very humid--the exact opposite of conditions for yesterday's hike.  We followed our regular route, nevertheless, enjoying the sights and sounds of our section of northern Chihuahuan Desert.  We saw no one else out there today except for construction workers getting ready to work on the sides of Tellbrook Road.

Northward down the right branch arroyo

Medusa ocotillo

Creosote bushes in bloom

Barrel cactus and the flank of Tortugas

Buds of the previous barrel cactus

Cute Willow

Ocotillo green

Shadows of we three

 

Flowers of this plant almost always nearly closed for our hike

Small White-thorn Acacia and Soaptree Yucca

This & next:  same barrel cactus buds

Yucca in the middle branch