We watched these deer as they headed for the trees.
You have to look close to see them. They are heading straight towards the barn in this photo, and then veered off into the trees.
We were driving around the U.S. Forest Service campground at Lake Roberts when we spotted these deer. They were completely unconcerned with our presence.
They appeared to be a doe and this year's almost grown fawns.
There were five fires going on in the area so when we arrived we found one end of the lake cordened off so helicopters could pick up water to drop on the fire that was threatening homes.
This larger helicopter came in to load up just as were were leaving to go to the Gila cliff dwellings so a snapped a quick picture of it.
We arrived at the Gila cliff dwellings at the end of the day just barely in time to be allowed to hike to up to them. This spiney cliff lizard posed for us.
This is a distant view of the dwellings.
These are a few of the close up views of the dwellings. They are not as spectacular as the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, but it was well worth the visit. They were built by the ancestors of the Peubloan people.
As we headed home I took this photo of the rising smoke from one of the fires.
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