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Pinto Valley south, NV
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Pinto Valley south, NV 
Pinto Valley south, NV
 
Hiking10.74 Miles 1,664 AEG
Hiking10.74 Miles
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Back to a good old standby. Explored some new red sandstone outcroppings in the valley. It had rained earlier in the day, so there was a lot of fresh evidence of bighorns coming to a couple of temporary pools for a drink. The discovery of a bighorn skeleton and desert tortoise carapace near a spot that felt like a perfect mountain lion hide-out was good enough for me to decide that was my turn around spot/time. ;)

The hike back was better than usual, spotting 5 bighorns and one live desert tortoise :y: . No doubt, the tortoise came out for a drink and found the weather pleasant enough to stay out for the day.

With nothing particular in mind, this proved a nice chance to just enjoy being outside in the sprinkles.
 Fauna
 Fauna [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Desert Tortoise
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Wildflowers Observation Light
Some areas still have a number of flowers remaining, but most plants here are done.

water 1 out of 5water less than maxwater less than maxwater less than max Cottonwood Spring Dripping Dripping
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