Looked Like Rain

Sky early on

It looked as if it might rain when Willow and I started our hike this morning; in fact, it stayed the same for the entire duration of our outing.  We saw Mrs. Basset and heard her hounds below us in the Tellbrook Arroyo while we descended the middle branch arroyo.  Saw nor heard no one else during the trek.  The weather seemed rather strange:  cool yet warm with high humidity.

Soaptree Yucca and the Organ Mountains

Soaptree Yucca southwest of Tortuas Mountain and the Organs

Prickly Pear flowers

This & next:  Desert Cardinal

Tellbrook Arroyo

Prickly Pear flower

Wils in the left branch arroyo

Prickly Pear and barrel cacti

 

Prickly Pear blossoms and Willow

Last 3:  prickly pear flowers