Javelina, pronounced "havalina"
Exercising the dogs up in the wash across from the RV park today. The wash is a dried up large creek bed that becomes a raging river when the rains hit. The banks are over 6 feet high in some places and are pretty much straight up. That's where a small pig suddenly ran across the wash in front of us and clambered expertly up the bank and into the brush. As we passed by the spot, we could see it standing in the brush looking at us rather surprisedly. It had huge bristles all over it, especially on the top of its head. It was a little smaller than my potbelly pigs were. They are remotely related to the domestic pig of today, and have migrated from South America through Mexico and are now living wild in Arizona.
Above: in the wash
So now the dogs have three things they like to watch out for when we go out for walks: desert cottontail rabbits, Gamble's quail, and now the javelinas!
We're probably going to head out Wednesday morning, over to Las Cruces, New Mexico, then up to Roswell. Some people from Albuquerque parked their bus beside us last night, very friendly folk, who gave us lots of info on stuff around their state that would be nice to see, places to probably stay away from right now due to extreme weather conditions, and the name of a casino that has the best buffet in the state.
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