While traveling south to see Steve Garufi on his quest to ride his bicycle across America, i took some photos onroute. This is in the Navajo Reservation, south of Farmington:
The Chaco River is actually a periodic stream, with snowmelt and mud from the surrounding hills:
Residents of the Navajo Reservation are burdoned, when temps warm up and snow begins to melt. Stocking up on supplies for at least two weeks is a necessity in this remote land:
Cowboys rounding up a loose horse. I stopped for the guy on the right about a minute later, driving ahead of the horse to capture it:
Looking directly east from Smith Lake, NM. Mt Taylor, an 11,388ft ancient strato volcano:
South of Grants NM, views of Mt Taylor:
Entering the El Malpais (mal-pie)National Park. The region is covered with 1,100 year-old volcanos-lava flows, and a unique biosphere of plant and animal life adapted to the region:
Lots of mesas and cliffs of sandstone:
La Ventana (The Window). Hike a trail to the cavern-like structure, and an open-air arch is visible.
Heading out of rough country, into the North Plains:
I took a 20-mile shortcut to Pie Town, on a dirt road that sits directly on top of the Continental Divide. The thinly-populated setting is remotely similar to being in the Australian Outback:
Pie Town NM:
Very Large Array (VLA), on the plains of San Augustine:
Meeting up with Steve on our bicycles:
Magdalena Mountains. Langmuir Scientific Laboratory for Atmospheric Research sits on top of the mountain. A link for those interested:
http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~langmuir/
Socorro, NM:
Some photos have jagged edges on them. Think my new video card is working too well while resizing pics, and need to adjust settings for detuning clarity.
