SAND BLAZING STAR
FLOWER BEETLES

WHIPTAIL LIZARD

CHUCKWALLA LIZARD

We're back! Well we weren't really gone, but we have been busy. We've been hiking around the spring desert viewing the beautiful wildflowers and the very active lizards. The chuckwalla isn't moving much, but the whiptail was hunting, and, well, you can see the flower beetles were exercising. The large one was going forward and the small one was walking backward. The photo of the blazing star doesn't do it justice. The center actually looks as if it's glowing with candlelight.

In our previous post I mentioned I wasn't feeling well. Thankfully that only lasted a day. I have been feeling fine as well as has Duane. We have only 13 days left here, and are looking forward to being on the road again. We will use the last week to thoroughly clean the sand out of the house and put things back where they belong. Duane is getting his last couple of carving projects done and I am getting some sewing done before I put away the machine for a while. When we aren't working or hobbying, we'll be walking around the trails trying to get more fantastic pix for you to enjoy!

More desert later,

Louise and Duane