Category: nature investigators

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N.I.O.T.G., Salas Ranch, NM

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“A man’s interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.” –Thoreau

Nature Investigators on the Ground (Bev, Glen, Kathy) came upon a salt creek, incredible rock formations and crawling things…ending the evening with a showboat sunset.  Many thanks mother earth, father sky.

“All good things are wild and free.” –Thoreau

(Click on any photo in the gallery for a slideshow, or pass the cursor over the bottom of each for a brief caption.)

Salt Creek
Strtiation over eons
Stalactites forming
For perspective
The heart is an open rock.
The wave…
A glossy snake out for the evening.
Millipede on the move.
Clay mud plates.
Flowers, too!
Glen climbs the block boulders.
Kathy takes a break.
Calling in the energy
Do you see a face?
Seriously, these dots!
Don’t ya love it?
Seriously, nature did this.
And this!!!
Back out of the canyon…
Looking east..
Sandia Mts. in shadow.
Stop! the car for one last look.
Vermilion sky
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N.I.O.T.G. Nature Investigators on the Ground, Bandolier Wilderness, Jimez Mts., NM

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First post for N.I.O.T.G. > go to the menu above for fuller explanation. We followed Cochiti Lake Hwy. until we couldn’t.  Turned around and found the dirt road in the video. Drove 17 miles up to 10,000′ and over to Valle Caldera through Bandolier Wilderness.  Wow!

No entrance?
We’ll see about that!
Look closely…we will get through next time.
Climbing through NM Land Trust
Listening for echos, echos
Sandia Mts. in distance
climbing higher…
and higher still…
Rock faces 100″ high
200″ high
catacombs to be explored
forest fire took the trees
the forest floor recovers
17 miles of dirt road…
we made it over the mts.
Valle Caldera…lovely
climbed to the top
abandoned ranch
on the inside…
looking out…