Pedaling up on La Cima, before cresting out and beginning the short downhill into the parking lot to then connect on the single track over to Lucky 5, a horny toad ran across the trail. I was so happy to see him/her scurry in front of me.
I got off my bike, got out my camera, and took a few looks into the scrub where s/he ran. Nothing. I walked around, surveying a few open spots in the brush to see if maybe s/he was sunning. Nothing.
Determined, I got down on my hands and knees and looked again in the scrub brush where s/he ran, thinking that if i allow my eyes to adjust, maybe I’d see my first horny toad in the wild.
See him/her:
How about this time?!
I zoomed in with the camera:
And then zoomed a little more:
Such beauty is what keeps me going back out into the mountains!