Saturday Snatpshot

Just a little desert walk

3 facts:

(right around the corner--about a mile-- from my neighborhood)

(all  photos taken on the same walk)

(the desert is amazing)

I am linking up with Alyce from  At Home With Books and her Saturday Snapshot meme.

 Saturday Snapshot: post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken.  Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see.

A Hiking Picnic

What do you take on a hiking picnic?
Me?
Well......
hard boiled eggs w/salt and pepper
fresh radishes w/salt
dill pickles
black olives
fried chicken from the deli
cookies

Things we could easily eat with our fingers, pull out of a backpack.

We went with our friends, the Storms to see the Great Blue Heron's nesting. The Storms are some of the nicest, easy going people ever. Very laid back. They have two cute little boys, who were great troopers today, as we hiked a bit.
We were lucky enough to also see a Great Horned Owl nesting, some pelicans, a Great Egret, King birds, a Red Winged Black Bird and Starlings.
The drive out was short enough but we had to hike about a mile or so in to where the Blue Heron's nest. It is in high desert country...here are some pictures.

The hike begins.

Hurry up, you don't want to be left behind.

This is where the birds are nesting.

Trying for a family picture....it didn't work.

This one is better. The Storms. Looking at birds.

There it is....The Great Blue Heron.

Nests. The Great Horned Owl was really hard to see... and this picture is little... but if you look closely, you can see her head...the side of her head anyway.

Taking Flight.

More nests

When we came up close to the trees, they, of course got nervous and flew away.

an old barn with the door just hanging there.

We found egg shells under the trees, which means the babies have hatched, but we didn't see them, Just their parents.

Checking out red ants is much more interesting than looking at far of birds!

Another Blue Heron on the nest

Pelicans above the river.

We decided to head back to the trucks because there were some menacing clouds coming in....and some distant thunder.

On the walk back to the trucks, we found ourselves in a pasture with cattle.... and a Long Horn Bull, who was not happy to see us. It made Mitzi and I a bit nervous, but it all turned out fine.

It was a nice afternoon, a nice day with friends.

A nice little Hiking meal too!

A desert walk

Don't forget that Wednesday, we'll be posting "What's outside Our kitchen Windows" Or in our gardens, or in our backyards, etc etc. (if you want to show me, that is.... but I would really love to see what's outside your kitchen window :~)

And don't forget to tell me about your favorite hamburger joint (see post below)

and last but not least.... in the middle of some serious cooking yesterday, I got called away to do a "desert walk" with some of my friends.

I had forgotten that we had set up 4:00 in the afternoon to meet and walk an "artsy" desert trail. They called to remind me..... and I was right in the middle of making a rub, a maridande, dessert. My husband, stepped up to the plate (LOL... a foodie pun) and said, "what can i do?"

I said "rub this rub all over the ribs, both sides and put them on the grill in about 30 minutes" and then I grabbed my camera and ran out the door.

I'll have a post about our great Sunday meal (and now you know it's ribs, but with a rootbeer glaze, mmmmm ) later on in the week, but for now, if you want to see the country I live in, where I took my walk "part I" click here.

And absolutely NO LAUGHING about how dry it is, BECAUSE to us, it is spring and it's really GREEN out there.

It's the high mountain desert of Northern Nevada. LOL

A Morning Stroll is Good for the Soul (or an anytime stroll )