After spending most of a week in our tents watching rainstorms pass thru we decided to bail out of the Southern Picketts in the North Cascades NP. Our choices were slim - a long 2 day traverse involving several rock faces, or the quick route - a descent of 4,000' thru Devil's Club,downed timber and other underbrush.
A stork dances with joy as the monsoon replenishes lakes dried by the scorching desert sun at the ranthambhor National Park.
Deer and wild boar grazing by a lake in the Ranthambhor National Park
Puddles formed by the monsoon are thronged by wading birds...
One of the many lakes in the Ranthambhor national park
lakes filled to the brim at the ranthambhor National Park
Monsoon is the mating time for most animals
A male peacock unfirls its beuatiful feathers to woo a potential mate...rains awaken the dormant sensuality in most animals.
A male tiger moves through the undergrowth