These are by Jim Stanger, unless otherwise noted. I don’t identify people in photos unless they tell me it’s cool, so that’s why I’m not doing so here. feel free to ID yourself in comments if you like.
I will, however, ID Louie — the blond puppeh in the background, and Stella, the black one in foreground gazing adoringly at him. This was in the meetup’s “living room,” underneath Florian’s awning.
A Datura, a.k.a. Jimson weed. Night-blooming disturbed soil colonizer, pollinated by hawkmoths.
Zebra-tailed lizard. These buggers can run fast, like 25 mph.
Taking advantage of a moment of shade on a hike.
A carpet of yellow Monoptilon bdelloides in front of an outcrop.
The first night’s sunset.
The first night’s sunset being photobombed by Yours Truly.
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh.
And one by me, with the cameraphone and Instagram:
I’m gonna go ahead and identify myself as the lizard. Reminds me, there’s video of that guy that needs uploading. Tasks.
Please don’t tell us that idyllic setting you were camping in is about to be bulldozed.
The industrialists can’t “panel over the whole desert.”
Looks like you all had a fabulous time! I’m envious. Maybe next meetup…