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Hidden Falls This morning my mission was to find Hidden Falls. Arising at 6:00am and out the door by 6:30am drove to the trailhead with cameras in hand and water in the CamelBak. This State Park is an Elite Mountain Bike course, which we did not know at first. Bikers from all over the country … Continue reading Curt Gowdy: July 13, 2015

Beautiful day!  Had a thunder storm around mid-day which left the air crisp and clean.  After the rainstorm we went up to the Visitor Center to get on the Internet.  We have no cell/internet reception at our site.  So if we do not respond to your cell messages or emails, now you know why. Took … Continue reading Curt Gowdy 7/11/15

Traveled through CO (after Wolf Creek Pass) to WY. We passed through Pueblo after a stand-still on I-25 at exit 102, due to an accident. We missed most of the Friday rush-hour traffic through Denver by getting there by noon. Arrived at Curt Gowdy State Park, outside Laramie, by 2:30pm. There are quite a few … Continue reading WY: Curt Gowdy State Park

On the 8th of July we ventured out of Durango, CO. The question was, which way to proceed? We wanted to explore new vistas to get to WY, yet we have been just ‘flat-landers’ up to now. Our biggest pass climbed so far was Raton Pass at 7835′ elevation.  Our choices were through and over … Continue reading Wolf Creek Pass

“We’ve worn out the view and we gotta be moving on!” Leaving Riana Campground in Abiquiu was bittersweet.  We lost the lake, the view… and the heat!  Now we have no lake view instead we have a wonderful view of tall wooded forests; the blue lake is replaced with a sea of evergreen trees & … Continue reading Durango: Junction Creek

Coming back from our Pedernal sojourn we searched for a shady spot to have our picnic lunch. We remembered the Abiquiu Dam Recreation Area. We found the perfect spot with shade and a picnic table right by the river. It was a steep ride down to the bottom of the dam but well worth the … Continue reading Abiquiu Dam Recreation Area

Cerro Pedernal (the Flat Top Mesa) looks so very much like ‘Fishers’ Peak’ in Trinidad, CO. Georgia O’Keefe made this Mesa famous in her paintings, while she resided at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM. We decided to take a drive up the Mesa to get a glimpse of the valley floor from this altitude, a … Continue reading Abiquiu: Pedernal Mesa Adventure

I go in search of the perfect Bonsai Juniper in nature, in the ‘wild’. My winners are presented here, in no particular order: Continue reading Abiquiu, “After the suns up…”

Up at 5:30am to catch the ‘First, Virgin’ light on the Red Rocks – the stalwarts of ‘Her’ boundaries. Alone…a Gypsy knows what lies between the dark & the dawn. Vibrant before the intense rays of the sun subdue your brilliant shine, “…from sea to shining sea.” Continue reading Abiquiu, “Early Morning Light”

Today we traveled to Chama, New Mexico. The drive took us through many and varied landscape changes. From the red-rocks and canyons of Abiquiu to the grasslands & Ponderosa lined terrain of Chama. We checked out the Cumbers/Toltec steam train, but alas we were too late, the train left at 10am and would return around … Continue reading Chama & Echo Amphitheater