Tag: mountains

New Mexico

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

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

Manzano Mountains

The Manzano mountains lie about an hour’s drive from my house and yet I have visited them only twice very briefly in the years I’ve lived there.  They are kind of the southern extension of the Sandia Mountains that dominate

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New Mexico

Trampas Lakes

This weekend I spent 3 nights in the Pecos Wilderness. The area was absolutely gorgeous.  I spent most of my time on the Trampas Lake Trail.  It followed a mountain stream and not a smooth, tame sort of stream, but

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New Mexico

Jemez Mountains

I went on a short trip with the van to explore the Jemez mountains a few weeks ago.  Some of the areas I found were nice enough that I’m reluctant to share lest more people go and it ruins it

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New Mexico

Magdalena Mountains

I’ve a big fan of the idea of exploring things close to home.  Reading Marisa’s recent travel post on places close to home inspired me to want to post a few of my recent pictures.  I have been on quite

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