Flowers and wildlife on trip to Cabresto Canyon

Notice butterflies enjoying the flowers above

Sunshine Valle Rd. July 2, 2012

Looking down on the Rio Grande from Sunshine Valle Rd

 

Cactus bloom anywhere they can.

Sunsets end of June, 2012 Wild Rivers

June 26, 2012 trip to Colorado

Wall sculpture in San Luis

Sangre de Cristo Church, San Luis

Inside Church

Rear view inside church.

Following are bronze sculptures by Herberto Maestas depicting the 15 stations of the cross.  Some of them are life size while others are much smaller 

 

 

Looking out over San Luis from Church

Driving back into NewMexico.

Off site trip, another BLM Patrol

The road was not the best but the BLM truck handled well.

Decided not to take the road to the plateau. Area is called the Horse Thief Mesa.

This is what the GPS recorded for our trip

July 2012

Our friend, Frank, stopped by Wild Rivers for a visit in route to Colorado.  Showed his new trailer.

July 2012 Trip down west side of gorge

Took a drive on the west side of the Rio Grande gorge to the town of San Antinio, this was some of the switch-backs we drove

Looking down on John Dunn Bridge from the bluff.

 

We are headed for Hwy. 285 on the west side of the Gorge

Came upon an old homestead.  Notice that someone has cut off the ends of the logs.  Rangers patrol to keep people from cutting

off logs for firewood.   Obviously not often enough.

Modern(?) house that we can see from Wildlife Refuge

Aaron’s (one of our rangers) old family cabin.

Looking across the Rio Grande at Sheep’s Crossing.  People access the river from this parking area.

Looking down at the Rio Grande

 

Humming bird feeder at the Wild Rivers Visitor’s Center