Exploring the Mystery of Shuree Lodge in New Mexico’s Valle Vidal The Valle Vidal is one of my favorite places in northern New Mexico. Over the years, I’ve made multiple trips into this incredible valley, drawn back by the wildlife, mountain views, quiet meadows, and feeling that you’ve stepped into a part of New Mexico…
Category: US State Parks/Monuments
Forgotten Friday 3.10
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” — Karl Lagerfeld
January Celebration 26
Land really is the best art. —Andy Warhol
January Celebration 13
“The broken will always be able to love harder than most. Once you have been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.” – Zachry K. Douglas
Forgotten Friday – Elizabethtown, NM
Now a ghost town, Elizabethtown (4.8 miles north of Eagle’s Nest on NM 38) the first incorporated city in New Mexico and founded by Commander of Fort Union William H Moore, was named after his young daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Moore. At its height of prosperity, in 1870, it had just over 7,000 residents. The most…
Photo of the Week 7/23/2018
“Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.” ~ Drew Houston
Storrie Lake, NM
Storrie Lake State Park, NM, US, (elevation 6,600 ft) located 4 miles north of Las Vegas, New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is an 81 acre park with the lake itself having a surface area of approximately 1,100 acres. Open year round. This peaceful lake offers vast opportunities for fishing, bird watching, windsurfing, cross country,…
Clayton Lake State Park, NM
Clayton Lake State Park, NM, US, (elevation 5,186 ft) located at 139 Clayton Lake Rd. Clayton, NM 88415, is a 170-acre recreational reservoir; 15 miles north of Clayton, close to New Mexico’s border with Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. The landscape of rolling grasslands, volcanic rock, and sandstone bluffs, is set in the western edge of the…
Jemez Mountain Trail
Now living in NM for over 10 years and traveling most of the state, I can say that Jemez is still one of my favorite places. The Jemez Mountain Trail is not something that should be passed up. Google Map here From start to finish, it’s a 16 1/2 mile section of stunning Jemez, NM. If…
Wild Rivers, NM
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” ― Heraclitus
