Bandelier

Saturday I decided to go for a drive. 220 miles later I found myself back at my apartment. I ended up driving up NM 14, just on the East side of the Sandias....ended up going through Madrid, and then found myself up in Santa Fe. Well, at this point, I'd only drove for an hour and a half or so...it was only 11:30, so I headed west towards Los Alamos and the Jemez Mountains. I finally got in that direction and started to follow signs to Bandelier National Monument. It was pretty amazing down there, and there were some good sites too. I did some hiking beyond the normal trails, but I didn't go too far. It was starting to get cold, the place closed at 4:30, and I didn't have a flashlight of any kind. It was a good time though, I enjoyed being out.

Paseo del Volcan

Yesterday morning, with nothing to do but clean my apartment and do laundry, I decided to go for a hike. I've wanted to go out to the volcanoes on the west mesa here in Albuquerque since I got out here. I had heard that it was rattler country out there, so I decided to wait until it got cold. Well, my last trip almost pushed it to where it was too cold to go for a hike...at least with the clothes I've got here. However, it was one of the nicest days I've seen out here. From a bunch of the pictures, you can see that the clouds were perfect fall like whispy clouds. Great for pictures. I've messed with these images all a little bit to bring out the blue in the sky and the yellow grass that was all around the place. But, my camera really didn't capture how blue the sky really was that day, so I figure it's ok to tweak the pictures a little bit. Some other pictures from the hike are on the media page.

Most Recent Trip

I went on a trip for work a few weeks ago and was lucky enough to get to do some sight seeing. Here are a few of the pictures from the trip. I'd have to say, it was cold as hell from the top of the mountain where these pictures were taken from.