Category: New Mexico

New Mexico

Finding bear prints

Today I went out for a bike ride on some of the nearby trails.  These are the same trails where I often go out hiking with B. While I was riding along one of the Forest Service roads, I spotted

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New Mexico

A Saturday field trip to Bosque Farms

B and I were itching to get out of the house today so we headed on a drive to Bosque Farms.  My initial goal was to stop by the DeSmet Dairy, but we ended up making some extra stops.  The

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New Mexico

ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden

I’m always confused about whether it’s supposed to be botanic or botanical, but according to the internet, the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden is a Botanical Garden. I’d been there once before for the River of Lights which is a fantastical

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Sandia Mountains

Moving to Albuquerque one of the things I worried about was being further from nature.  There are things I like about cities, but at the end of the day I think I like nature better.  This weekend, I had a

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The Catwalk

The Catwalk is located in the Gila National Forrest close to the little town of Glenwood, NM.  It was originally built back in the mining days to hold a water pipeline that went to a mine.  Since it’s nestled in

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Chupadera Peak

Some years ago, my obsession for travel was really sparked.  Sure, I traveled for work before that and had enjoyed some other fun trips in my life.  When my obsession was really sparked was when I first discovered the Oklahoma

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New Mexico

Backpacking at White Sands

White Sands National Monument is a really unique place.  It features miles and miles of white sand dunes and, well, really nothing else.  The fact that there is nothing else there is what makes it so cool.  It’s a surreal

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Organ Mountains

The Organ mountains are rocky and jagged.  They look cool even from a distance since they jut up seemingly out of nowhere.  The area is supposed to provide good rock climbing although some of the peaks look nearly impossible to

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New Mexico

Canyon trail – Bosque del Apache NWR

The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is famous for the cranes that migrate there for the winters.  On a winter morning at sunrise, the refuge will be crawling with photographers looking to snap pictures of the majestic birds flying

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