Due to the federal government doing federal government things
I got to have the day off from work. I
am not complaining about the day off, I’m complaining about the f
government. I’ve been working the whole
time so I am better off than a lot of people.
That morning I kept going back and forth ‘To hike’ or ‘Not to hike’. I was leaning ‘Not to hike’ but at the last
minute decided to go....
Usually we start out early in the
morning, 700, making it to our destination around 830 and hike from there. Since we scouted out a couple other locations
and made a number of photographic stops on the way up so our hiking schedule moved to later in the
day. It actually made for better
photography at the end of the day considering we were still on the road as the sun was starting to
set…
This time we took the time to stop and photograph the flora. I always bring my macro lens with me but I am
usually having such a good time photographing the big picture I forget to look
at the details...
We went back to a river (stream) hike this time. The Rio San Antonio (RSA) goes through the
Valles Caldera and emerges into the Santa Fe National Forest at the west boundary
of the Valles Caldera. We drove up
through the Santa Fe National Forest and found a spot where we could hike down to
the river…
Out of a list of several hikes we have on our to-do list we
decided on the Hamilton Mesa in the southern part of the Pecos Wilderness. This is a different type of hike from what
Byron and I have been doing lately. As
you may remember he pretty much lives to fly-fish and we usually hike along a
stream of some type where Byron fishes and I photograph. We are both happy. As you may surmise from the title we are not
hiking at the bottom of a canyon, instead we are on the top of a mesa…
The second weekend in September I drove to the western end
of the Jemez Mountains, just east of Cuba, NM.
I read several descriptions of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness area and decided
I had to see it. I was hoping to see the
start of the fall colors… |
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