Sightseeing

The owl wasn't bothered by our sight seeing and the long toothpick thorns are visible on this tree.

If you look close you can see the chicken wire used to hold the rocks in place for the banks of the river.  If you look really close, you still can't see water in the river.  We saw water in one river once, during the time it rains up in the sierras.

The cactus plants are scraped and the residue used in cosmetics.  The fences around fields are made of limbs from thorn trees.  The thorns are several inches long and we have seen them used for toothpicks.