Stayed with friends at their cottage near Portal AZ. Day hike along the South Fork, then fireworks in Rodeo New Mexico, then day hike in the Chiricahua National Monument. Ideal weather all three days.
View from Tom's porch towards the Chiricahua Mtns
How a six-seater holds seven
Where's Matthew?
Shoe adjustment #1
Bark texture #1
Drying pattern
Ryan on a rock
Amber on another rock
Michelle and Amber
Where's Matthew?
Rock pattern
Millions of years before a fossilized fern
Flowers get all the attention
Water slider and his shadow
Watching a century plant bloom
Watching birdwatchers
Watching pondlife
Closeup of pondlife watchers
Shoe adjustment #2
Bark texture #2
Clouded Sulphur butterfly I think
I added the top pebble
Watching birdwatchers watching birds
We found Matthew. Sitting in the middle of NM State Route 80 lighting a mortar round on the Fourth of July.