After a relaxing time in Palo Duro it was time to hit the road for another adventure, this time in New Mexico, “The Land of Enchantment”. Well, I have been to NM many times and until you visit the Northern part of the state most of it looks pretty much the same, dry and desolate. After a long drive we arrived in Eagle Nest late Saturday the 29th and was greeted with cooler temps and beautiful scenery. This part of New Mexico is reminiscent of Colorado, mountains, blue spruce and beautiful skies not to mention we are at 8238 feet elevation. Eagle Nest NM is just a few miles down the road from Red River a very desirable ski area and just a little farther is Taos and Angel Fire.
After settling in we decided to go to Red River for the first day to see the sights and take some photos and do some exploring. We wanted to see how the “Little Mule” would do off road so we stopped at the tourist info place and got a map of the off road trails and proceeded to test the “Chevy”…she did good.
We drove a 4×4 trail up to Cabresto Lake, then we decided to drive to the National Monument-Rio Grande Del Norte. When we got up there we realized we had been there before! It was called Wild River. It had been recently named a National Monument!
Looking down on Red River Colorado
Val explorinig a mine shaft, it was even more interesting watching her crawl under those timbers. If she had looked to the left there was a path….
Looking deep into the mine shaft…we didn’t go in very far.
Cabresto Lake
We encountered these hikers while we were at Cabresto Lake, they had walked over 6 miles through the mountains.
Me and Val at the Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River
Blue bird
Blue Bird
A mountain blue bird at Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River. It’s raining on the mountain.
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, formally know as Wild River
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