After a week around 3000m in the Sierra Juárez I dropped down into the valley containing Mitla and Tlacolula at 1500m to cross over to the Sierra Madre Sur. The biomes are so different.
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In areas with water for irrigation they often use these structures that look like greenhouses to grow tomatoes and other vegetables, but I think they're mostly sun protection. Which makes me wonder if agrivoltaics might have a place here.
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I camped in the desert scrub with a nearly full moon, hoping my tires and air mattress wouldn't find any thorns. Kept awake by an animal call like a bark or a cough, which is the sound jaguars make.
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@ZaneSelvans perspective is broken on that photo. 😊 very big plants and small livestock
@ZaneSelvans and worrying about jaguar sounds is not in my top to-do list.
I was nervous with a moose nearby before bed. One thing I hate about my 1P tent is the single door, not that I can do anything about an animal nearby anyway.
I kinda couldn't bring myself to believe it was really a jaguar. They're so rare now. But still made it very hard to fall asleep. There were two of whatever they were, doing call and response, moving around me at a distance.
Some of the agaves are monsters! Flowers ten meters tall.
@bolderbekah another example of the scale...
Then dropped down to cross a river valley. The hot afternoons are draining. Was visited by meandering midnight cows.
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Agave for mezcal is almost the only crop I see. Only rarely intercropped with corn and squash as was the historical norm. Now it's cien porciento de agave. So much land for hipster cocktails, with branding middlemen taking most of the profits.
Then through the oasis of Santa Maria Zoquitlán at 1000m, and a long, hot climb back up to the rolling plateau at 1500m.
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