Showing posts with label New Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Mexico. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

New Mexico Road Trip

New Mexico Road Trip - July 2010












Gila Cliff Dwellings

















The Catwalk National Scenic Trail and Whitewater Picnic Groundhttp://www.gilawilderness.com/travel/index.html





Silver City and Grant County info



We stayed at a wonderful little motel near Lake Roberts. Only an hour from Silver City and the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Nice location and quiet. Did I menttion the deer come to eat in the front lawn in the evening!? A great find!

Lake Roberts Motel

www.lakerobertsmotel.com

Monday, July 6, 2009

White Sands National Monument


White Sands National Monument




The White Sands webpage starts out with this paragraph, “Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Here, great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and created the world's largest gypsum dune field. “




could not have said it better myself. And we could not have asked for better weather. It was warm, but rain had recently fallen. The clouds in the sky made for some great photo opportunities. The gypsum sand sure does make for some fun images. It looked a lot like snow. Some folks even had sleds to go down the dunes. All seemed to be having a good time. We were included in that.




We spent a good portion of the day exploring the dunes and photographing the things we saw. We enjoyed ourselves immensely. Hope you enjoy the photos.




White Sands webpage http://www.nps.gov/whsa/