explanatory signage in the parking area at the Kelso Dunes about "how" the dunes developed over thousands of years
as I was hiking into the dunes, this pretty little butterfly landed on the path in front of me so that I could record its presence as one of the fauna living in the Kelso Dunes
closer look at the pretty butterfly
keeping an eye on the beaten path can be helpful for not getting lost when one is already out of sight of the parking area and entry road to the Kelso Dunes area
there was still a lot of Dunes ahead when I decided it was time for me to turn around from my hike on November 16, 2005
the hike isn't all that strenuous but this was only 4.5 months after my heart attack, I was still carrying most of the excess weight which precipitated the proposed resignation of my heart from my employ, and my ticker advised me it was time to turn around
looking back toward the Kelbaker Road, those tiny buildings are what the major farming operation there looks like from where I got to on my Dunes hike and the row of matchsticks is the high voltage power transmission line near the roadway
these photos show entry doors to the homes of some of the larger critters who live in the Kelso Dunes
this critter left only footprints far from any of the homesites at Kelso Dunes
not the creosote in bloom that I first thought driving on the corrugated washboard road
but the bee in the upper right thought these pretty yellow flowers were fascinating
some views of the Kelso Dunes from the top of the hill overlooking them (where the flora just shown were recorded)
cute bird perched on a telephone pole next to the Kelbaker Road near where these 051118 photos were recorded
lastly two photos of the dunes recorded four and a half months later
and the related solid rock formations
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