mule deer by confluence of West & Middle forks of the Gila River
Middle Fork Gila River
Lightfeather Hot Spring
view of the canyon of the Middle Fork from North Mesa
North Mesa
East Fork Gila River
Diamond Creek
blanketflower
Diamond Creek and cottonwoods at dusk
elk grazing near Tom Moore Canyon
Great Horned Owl, Tom Moore Canyon (click at top-right for full size)
Aldo Leopold Wilderness boundary at Me Own trailhead
South Diamond Creek
South Diamond Creek Canyon meadow in autumn
aspens along South Diamond Creek Canyon
camping in upper South Diamond Creek's canyon
denuded (but slowly recovering) slopes of Burnt Canyon
sunrise from Diamond Peak summit
rugged eastern slope of the Black Range
Fisherman's Canyon from the Divide
Fisherman's Bluff along CDT in the Black Range
Black Range pioneering aspen in autumn
pioneering aspen in burn area along Black Range Crest
along the Divide near Franks Mountain
CDT marker and i-blaze: standard trail marking conventions
Black Range Crest
distant Apache Kid Wilderness from Continental Divide
view northwest toward northern Gila Country and Plains of San Agustin
Dry Time Tank
1 gallon of premium unleaded (tankin' up at Dry Time)
sunrise along Trail 60
San Mateo Mountains and Monticello Box (center, just in sunlight) from Wahoo Peak area
soaptree yucca west of Monticello Box
Adobe ruins of the Warm Spring Apache reservation, above Monticello Box. One of several scattered foundations in the area.
rising steam over Ojo Caliente
Alamosa Creek flowing through Monticello Box
javelina at Alamosa Creek, the very northern edge of their range in New Mexico (click top-right for full size)
blacktail rattlesnake
The locals used to bury old vehicles for flood control use, apparently. This one sat here, half-submerged, long enough for a cow to come by and munch on the prickly pear growing out of the dashboard.
San Ignacio Church in Monticello (curious horse at right)
caution: guard peacock on duty
