Linda, Bob, and I hiked nine miles today on the Long Loop in the Competitive Track Area. The Long Loop is actually only eight miles long, but we began and ended across the road in the Horse Staging Area.
Slightly before sunrise…
Views from the Long Loop…
Linda and Bob hiking down one of the steeper hills on the Long Loop:
We saw these quail towards the end of the Long Loop:
When we got back to the parking lot, we were slightly shy of nine miles for the day. We hiked across the lot to add the distance necessary for nine miles. We saw this skull fragment as we were walking back to our vehicles.
Linda says:
Thanks for another great hike………funny pic with Bob and I coming down that hill!!! LOL
August 29, 2015 — 7:36 am
Wiley says:
You take wonderful pictures.
August 29, 2015 — 7:52 am
Kevin says:
Thanks!
August 29, 2015 — 9:53 am
Sue says:
Again, gorgeous sunrise pics! And, luv the Bob and Linda downhill trek:) Thanks, as ever!
August 29, 2015 — 8:14 am
Sue says:
Again, gorgeous sunrise pics! And, luv the Bob and Linda downhill trek:) Thanks, as ever!
August 29, 2015 — 8:14 am
Kevin says:
I notice now that I made a mistake in the composite of Bob and Linda descending the hill. I forgot to put in Linda 2’s shadow!
(I was trying to be careful with the shadows – don’t know how I missed that one.)
August 29, 2015 — 9:51 am
Jerry Froio says:
Always enjoy these awesome photos. I do share them with friends back home. Always telling them Kevin is a. Amazing photographer!!
August 30, 2015 — 5:12 pm
Kevin says:
Thanks!
August 30, 2015 — 5:31 pm
Gary Wietgrefe says:
That is a very unusual skull. What animal is the skull from?
Not cow–see http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2779.pdf
Not horse–see http://hglanham.tripod.com/Horses/horses20.html
Not javelina–see https://boneclones.com/product/economy-javelina-skull-BC-157E
No cougar–see http://imgfave.com/view/3722816
September 1, 2015 — 9:02 am
Kevin says:
I think it’s a Javelina. What feature(s) make you think otherwise?
(Thanks for the links!)
September 1, 2015 — 7:57 pm