Mountainair, United States

Quarai was probably my favorite of the three sites.  It's a quick walk to the mission ruins through which you pass by a breathtaking thicket, marsh and around historical mounds of ruins.  There is also a special garden for the birds with a brief ...

... were fascinating abandoned school houses and old adobe homes that we stopped to photograph along the way.    Near Mountainair you can also see the Tibetan monk's land whose entrance is marked by two towering golden lions on pedestals.  ...