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Sunday, January 13, 2019

So Flat, So Rocky, So Beautiful: BLM Land Near Quartzsite, Arizona





Early clouds obscure sunrise
on BLM Land near







The clouds burn off and the sky turns to a beautiful blue





Bushes & a budding
Saguaro
















The wrinkled looking Plomosa
Mountains were formed by
shifting tectonic plates.










This Ocotillo is dormant
right now.














As expansive as this area is,
overnight parking is not
allowed in some areas.





Tiny yellow flowers bloom
on this Creosote Bush.





This track looks pretty level,
but it's a bumpy ride by car
& RV.






This bush reminds Eric of
The Crystalline Entity on
Star Trek: The Next Generation.






I think it's Senna Corvesii.  I decided to use the Wikipedia Link because it shows the dormant phase of the plant.  All the other links show a flowering bush, which looks nothing like the picture I took.





As the afternoon wears on,
clouds build up above the
Plomosa Mountains.






A dead & deteriorating
Saguaro Cactus






I see our Jeep & motorhome
in the distance.




What is this?

I brought home
a large pricker.




 A small piece of
 The Crystalline Entity

It's more delicate than
I imagined.









Sunset....

A beautiful evening 
on BLM Land





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