Wednesday, June 24, 2020

We are making a concerted effort to practice social distancing.  For us that includes leaving town and spending time in the wilderness. We have found that if we go to the national forest on weekdays, we have the woods all to ourselves, except for the deer, and the elk, and the chipmunks, and the birds, and the butterflies.


Bluff Springs National Recreation Area - Cloudcroft, New Mexico














Dark-eyed Junco


Black-headed Grosbeak


Orange-crowned Warbler


White-breasted Nuthatch


Rock Squirrel








Pumphouse Canyon


Mule Deer


Rocky Mountain Elk


An assortment of wildflowers with an assortment of insects


























In the village of Cloudcroft


A delightful break from the dry hot summer desert in Las Cruces


A stop in Alamogordo on the way home. (Yes, Alamogordo is Spanish for big fat Cottonwood tree.)


The moon and Venus over the Organ Mountains at sunrise

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 27, 2020 at 3:25 AM

    Fantastic pictures, as usual. I especially liked the dark-eyed junco.

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  2. John SmithJuly 22, 2020 at 3:30 PM

    Looks like a beautiful and relaxing getaway! It’s so nice in your neck of the woods🙂

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