Heading south from Wilcox towards the Chiricahua Mountains |
Arizona Mountain Whitetail Deer, near the entrance to Chiricahua National Monument |
Mom & Dad posing by a sycamore tree |
The camera took our photo on timed delay shutter release |
Mexican Jay |
On the left, the Arizona Cypress, on the right the Alligator Juniper |
View from the Echo Canyon trailhead |
The Chiricahuas are famous for their fantastic rocky scenery |
Karen pauses, on the Echo Canyon Trail, to check a digital photo she has taken |
More fantastic scenery appeared around each bend in the trail |
Three photographers |
I couldn't resist taking people shots along this trail |
The rock is volcanic and is called rhyolitic tuff |
Dad and his shadow |
A portrait of my father |
Martha and Ethel in "The Grotto" on the Echo Canyon Trail |
Ethel unconsciously mimics the shape of The Grotto |
Eroded spires of pinkish rock, decorated with green lichen |
Part of the 360-degree view from Massai Point |
Another of the pretty little Whitetail Deer that live in these mountains |
On the trail to the historic Faraway Ranch, we find a "jail", once used as a den for a pet bear cub |
Faraway Ranch |
Ranch building |
The manzanita here has narrow, pointed leaves |
A Nuthatch |
Ethel poses beside a large old oak, on Faraway Ranch |
Whitetail Deer |
Early morning light on the Triangle T Ranch, near Dragoon, AZ |
A view of a neighboring property, from high on the rocks in the Triangle T |
The rocks here remind us of the Chiricahuas |
Agave at sunrise |
Morning Light |
Agave shadow |