Howard Johnson Inn Socorro

Sotva vyjedeme, ukáže se novomexický počasí v tom nejhorším světle – takovej slejvák jsme tu ještě nezapsali. Naštěstí trvá jen krátce a aspoň Borisovi pořádně umyl přední okno.

Monument El Morro i sousední El Malpais jsme minuli a pokračujeme opět ne moc zajímavou cestou přes Grants. V Los Lunas se stavujeme na obě ...

Took it easy today in New Mexico. I let the girls sleep late, and then we went in search of the internet to Socorro, about 20 miles away. It's pretty country here, and we're staying in a lovely Adobe home up in the hills.

Tomorrow we're up early and off to Colorado near Aspen to stay with cousin Carl & his family.

We spent today in Carlsbad Caverns in southeast New Mexico. It was very educational, but more it was incredibly beautiful and awe inspiring. The caves are magnificent. We entered through what they call the Natural Entrance. It takes you on a mile of steep switchback trails that bring you to the Big Room. It was a bit cold down there in the 56 degree temperatures, but compared to the 105 degrees up top, I found it quite refreshing. We actually ate lunch down there ...

... organization. The NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the scientific community. We conceive, design, build, operate and maintain radio telescopes used by scientists from around the world. Scientists use our facilities to study virtually all types of ...

Made a stop at the El Camino Real International Hertitage Center. Very interesting and very well done http://www.caminorealheritage.org/found ation/foundation.htm pictures to follow. Just a heads up it is in the middle of know where literally. 30miles south of Socorro off the I-25 but i thought worth it.

I went to visit a friend down in San Antonio, NM for Valentines Day. Part of the visit was a trip out to the Bosque Del Apache Wildlife Refuge. This is home to the annual Festival of the Cranes. While there where cranes they where not out in force like ...

... campground for 2 months. During this period he met B.W. Cox, the campground owner. Art found out B.W.'s history as a rancher and long time cowboy. The last of a dying breed. When the temperature started dropping in the fall, Art moved his trailer to Socorro, down the mountain from Magdalena, for the winter. Art found a place that felt like home. He is originally from Atlanta and spent most of his life in Georgia. After certain events happened somebody suggested he buy a ...

... a light shines, and place does not encompass it, where there is a sound which times does not sweep away, where there is a fragrance which the breeze does not disperse, where there is a flavour which eating does not diminish, and where there is a clinging which satiety does not disentwine. This is what I love, when I love my God." Taken from the 10th book of the Confessions." If someone told me this I would ask what they've been smoking and if they ...

... we were lucky enough to have. The first thing to strike you is the noise - it's like hundreds of excited, chattering children; then the sheer numbers register. Before us in the alfalfa fields were thousands of snowy white birds, busy pecking and 'gosspping' as fast as they could, oblivious to the many bird watchers fencing the road. As something startled them, they rose into the sky as one fluid, noisy hoard ...

... the 'enchanted forest' we found at the summit was wonderful, the 'sugar' so heavy that the trees had taken on a completely different character, their pristine icy coating accentuating every twig giving them an almost brittle appearance. It was as if we had stepped out through the wardrobe! Mr.Tumnus was expected at any moment! As we made it round the last bend, the valley before us opened up gone was the frost, the windy road and the grim ...