Meanwhile back at...

the ranch.  Good day to get away.  50 degrees and a warm breeze. I have hiked to that out-cropping in the distance before.  Not gonna do it today, Not enough ours of daylight to go that way.  

The thing novice desert hikers don't realize: while distances may be relatively short as a crow flies, between here and there beware...twice or thrice the distance due to hidden hills, valleys, mesas, canyons and washes.

Extra: Crazy-wonderful...Here am I, a sentient being eating a blood red orange while contemplating my purpose and place in the totality of space.