John and I went hiking yesterday up to Dog Canyon. It's a part of Guadalupe National Park, barely over the New Mexico line. There was a fire up there back in June. You can see some of the trees are still showing signs of the fire. However, the grasses and flowers have come back quickly with all the summer rains. The sky threatened rain a few times, so we didn't get in much of a hike.
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Saw lots of butterflies, but it was windy and not easy to get a good pic...
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However, the wild flowers up there were beautiful.
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Here is one of the few shots that I took that were worth while...
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More soon...
Val & John
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