Return to the Tortolitas Again

We went back out to the Tortolitas today.  It was a gorgeous day, not too windy and not too hot.  Jim wanted to to Upper Javelina, and so we did.  This is the first time I’ve ever been able to photograph a road runner.  Generally they run away too fast.

Look at that sky!  Just spectacular.

The desert in the Tortolitas looks so much better than it does in Tucson Mountain Park.  They have gotten more rain than the southern end of town.  The desert north of Tucson is a lot greener.  The ocotillos are leafing out nicely

We departed the Upper Javelina trail and hiked the Wild Mustang trail up to the intersection with the Cochie Springs trail.  We haven’t been up that far on the trail before.  It is just stunning up there.

This is looking north-ish.

Looking a little right, with cropping.  That’s Picacho Peak in the far distance.

Cactus.

Jim surveys all that he sees.  For those of you have noticed he is wearing a grey shirt again (see last post), he has several of them.

Other than blue skies and rocks there is nothing much to report.