Casa Grande to las Vegas 9-29-09

Still in the Sonoran Desert- that is an Ocotillo to the right of the electric line. They only get tiny green leaves on them, next to the voluminous, nasty thorns, when it has rained. This tree/shrub is good dead or alive. Dead, folks cut it and use it as fencing- weaving the branches or sticking them in the ground. It will keep animals or people in or out!!