Sunday was perfect for wildflower exploration once again. Death Valley temps were in the low 80s, the sky was clear and blue and the flowers were happy.
At lower elevations the Beavertail Prickly Pear were beginning to blossom. Such startling color!
How do these fragile, lovely plants grow among the rocks? It's just awesome and humbling.
Fremont Pincushion
Phacelias color the shoulders
Mounds and mounds of Brittlebush
It's always
fun to spot a wild burro.
Our destination was to reach towers to the right of an unusual rock formation.
Our destination was to reach towers to the right of an unusual rock formation.
The Las Vegas forecast was for late afternoon winds to gust to 65 mph. When we reached the top our view was pretty well obscured by the desert dust that was being carried in by those winds. We were fortunate that the wind at our location was not nearly so high as that in LV. However it surely did hide any lovely views that we otherwise would have had.
Slide marks are something not commonly seen as rocks and boulders typically roll or skip after a fall. Slide tracks are clearly visible as are a few of the boulders that made them.
Slide marks are something not commonly seen as rocks and boulders typically roll or skip after a fall. Slide tracks are clearly visible as are a few of the boulders that made them.
