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5 years agoIn case you ever come back to China, it's 超级棒的沙漠植物
5 years agoNow that's about the speed we like to travel! Glad you are relaxing and enjoying your days - 4 more days until we fly to Merida and we are super stoked! Ruins, cenotes, cervezas and oh yes, some cycling in between! 😊
5 years agoWhen you say 'our inflatable rings'.... you are also carrying these?!?
You are an inspiration! BTW - very much enjoying the regular updates. Just like old times!!!
I had a dead Chinese carp at one of my hotels in Gansu. When I told them it was dead, they said that they knew this but that the other fish and the turtle would probably eat it and that it was okay.
5 years agoI'm reminded of the hotel I got near Yangshuo in 2008 that had a black and white TV set.
5 years agoNIKTIA is good with a camera.
5 years agoAnd those dark green bushes with tiny yellow flowers... Those are creosote bushes. They are found in the deserts of both North and South America! Very interesting shrubs. Best campfire wood you will ever find, and it is so dense, it does not float! Really hard, but I like it because when I carve something, I can polish it so that it shines like plastic, and if I put a thin finish on it, it maintains its rich golden color... For decades! At least, I have not seen it fade on some knife handles I made 30 or 40 years ago. Oh, and it may be the longest lived species on Earth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrea_tridentata
The sand verbena is really blooming nicely!
6 years agoTotem cactus. You are in luck! I just looked this one up for someone the other day!
https://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Pachycereus&species=schottii
Looks like I was right about the broccoli... :-)
This one is a Mexican giant cardon or elephant cactus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycereus_pringlei
Looks to me like you ate the broccoli florets...
6 years agoNice campsite among the tall, spindly ocotillos!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouquieria_splendens
For me, this is an easy one! Sand verbena in full bloom after the recent heavy rains down there.
https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0203+0136
Chuckle!
5 years ago