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.