Ride through the grasslands

Again I woke up before the sun and just rested in bed reading news and blogs until around 8 o'clock and then I was up to start my day.  Welcome to Spring everyone!  Winter is now officially gone😀

There are lots of people around and I can hear generators and kids playing.  By the time Yuma and I headed over to Tom and Deb's place the 4 wheelers were starting to wake up and begin moving around.  

The weather was perfect to start our day.  Sunny and warm already with a high in the mid-seventies later today.  We sat out and enjoyed the morning until it was time to head back to fix the rest of my breakfast.  Today I was hungry and had 4 slices of bacon and 3 fried eggs.  That should do me till dinner.

We decided we would take our Jeeps on a ride through the grasslands beginning at 2 o'clock this afternoon.  I had driven this canyon road a number of years ago and knew it would be a full afternoon ride and it was!

We started out on Oak Canyon Road heading west and we followed that for several miles.

We then made a turn onto North Canyon Road that would lead us into the heart of the grasslands.

This road would lead us in a circle along the ridges of the canyon and eventually down to the bottom of the canyon near the Cienegas Creek and back to our site.  Took us about three hours to make the trip.  

Below are pictures of the scenery as we drove along.

 We did not meet one person on our drive until we got near the end at the creek and at this time we met some 4 wheelers coming from another canyon road.  Unfortunately, we did not see one animal either.  I was hoping for a Pronghorn or Mule Deer sighting but not to be.

It was close to 5 o'clock when we got back to camp and we sat around and chatted until a little after 6 o'clock when it was time to call it a day and begin our dinners. 

Thanks for stopping by.