Coyote Crossing

This evening

Ironwood in the Chuckwalla Valley

We didn’t find much in the way of wildflowers on our Route 62 wildlflower explorational foray. A few desert dandelions, a couple of lupines, some Chaenactis. At the north end of the Coxcombs a wash was dotted

Eschscholzia parishii

I need to start taking the real camera on these hikes. This is a crappy phone camera photo of one of the dozen or so species of plants in bloom in the hills around here right now. It’s Eschscholzia parishii, a close relative of the California

Some Itemy Things

ITEM: For a long time I’ve used “crn@faultline.org” as a sort of default email account for the public. Every so often I’ve considered getting rid of it, as the account’s spam percentage builds and the address itself makes less and less sense. (CRN=

Video: This morning’s hike

A little bit of blurry video, anyway.

Not shown: a frillion lizards, two species of hummingbirds conducting territorial and mating displays, a red-tailed hawk keering loudly behind my head but remaining unseen, and my lack of sandwich in my pack.

Another hike

Well, that hike I took a week ago isn’t any easier in the other direction. I went up the Museum Trail this time. I clearly have some work to do in the cardio department. I stopped about eight times to when I got too anoxic and dizzy.

Still a fun