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I pulled Jason out of bed at 8:00am this morning so we could go exploring with Ferguson. I was off work on Friday, so I took Ferguson on a walk along the trails within The Academy grounds. It's a private school in the city just a half a mile from my apartment. The school is in the middle of many acres of land. Surrounding the school is a great deal of natural New Mexico landscape that hasn't been touched with the exception of the established trails that people walk on everyday. There is also a small river that runs through the area, but it is dried up the majority of the time.
We walked up there and slipped through the fence to let Ferguson play with all the wild animals (rabbits, squirrels, prairie dogs, etc). I heard there are five coyotes that live within the fenced-in preserve, but I hadn't seen one until today. It was several yards from us. It was frightened away by our presence. I tried to get a picture, but it was much too fast and constantly darting behind the weeds and cacti.
This was pretty much the only color out there other than green and brown. They were growing wild in a natural arroyo (ditch, small canal) we passed by.
A good deal of our walk was spent in the dry riverbed.
Still in the riverbed. We were emerging from a nice shaded area back into the sun.
Ferguson on the hunt for something more to sniff.
More of Ferguson sniffing around the riverbed.
The growth on the ground seems nice, but it's actually pretty harsh when it rubs against your calves. My socks were way too short.
The trails are a bit narrow--usually only wide enough for one person.
Ferguson found this for us. I can only guess that it was once a rabbit whose body has been mangled by a coyote.
This is a shot of what you see when you first step inside the fence. The Sandia Mountains are in the background.
Cacti! The trees in the distance are the beginning of the maintained land around the private school.
We walked up there and slipped through the fence to let Ferguson play with all the wild animals (rabbits, squirrels, prairie dogs, etc). I heard there are five coyotes that live within the fenced-in preserve, but I hadn't seen one until today. It was several yards from us. It was frightened away by our presence. I tried to get a picture, but it was much too fast and constantly darting behind the weeds and cacti.
This was pretty much the only color out there other than green and brown. They were growing wild in a natural arroyo (ditch, small canal) we passed by.
A good deal of our walk was spent in the dry riverbed.
Still in the riverbed. We were emerging from a nice shaded area back into the sun.
Ferguson on the hunt for something more to sniff.
More of Ferguson sniffing around the riverbed.
The growth on the ground seems nice, but it's actually pretty harsh when it rubs against your calves. My socks were way too short.
The trails are a bit narrow--usually only wide enough for one person.
Ferguson found this for us. I can only guess that it was once a rabbit whose body has been mangled by a coyote.
This is a shot of what you see when you first step inside the fence. The Sandia Mountains are in the background.
Cacti! The trees in the distance are the beginning of the maintained land around the private school.
