Hiking in the Sandia Mountains

On a tip from a friend, we (that's Homer and I (Sedona)) decided to go for a hike in the Sandia mountains. To document our excursion, we brought along a photographer although after looking at the pics we realized he was a rank amateur and we refused to pose further.

The trip began rather late in the afternoon (about 3:30) but that was plenty enough time for us to get to canyon estates trail head. After arriving, we quickly hit the trail and started work.
We came upon this small waterfall in about 10 minutes or so. Our photographer thought it was cool (including the small caves nearby) but we could care less. There was a lot of work to be done so we kept moving.It wasn't long before we had our first encounter. A trespasser was coming down the hill in our lane and we would have none of that. To our dismay and lucky for the intruder, the photographer broke it up before we could tear him from limb to limb. We stood our ground as the intruder moved away quickly with fear in his eyes.
By this time we had built up quite an appetite. We ordered the sherpa (aka photographer) to pull some chow from his pack. There were plenty of supplies including water, chocolate and tangelos and we quickly got down to business.
After a quick snack the sherpa packed up and we continued our move up the hill but with increased vigour. Sunset was approaching and we were feeling squeezed for time.
Although our photographer would not let us finish any of the fights we started, like the one with a large german shepherd which we refused to let the sherpa photograph, and also like the one with this innocent darky (who knows what his breed is), we still had a lot of fun. See ya on the trail -- but move over rover or we'll run you down!