[C.J.]

Nice easy ride, yesterday. Just taking my time, getting back into the whole feel of it all. The first day of winter might not have had the cool temperatures, but, the sky had 'the look'. This shot is from the top of the chutes, looking south. The Catalinas descend from the left, melding with the 'smooth hill' of the edge of the state park (Sutherland Trail) and flow into the mountains to the south. Five mountain ranges can be seen in this shot, including the points from the Kitt Peak Observatory.

Nice ride. Today will be a bit cooler and I hope we avoid the raindrops…

Here's another Desert Dweller, the Ladderback Woodpecker Picoides scalaris…

…on a Sotol stalk Dasylirion wheeleri