Lake Heron to Coyote Creek

Deer outside the Turtle a few days before leaving Heron Lake

My plans to hike Wheeler peak changed after calling the Taos ski village, and finding out RV parking was only available on the weekends due to construction in the parking lot. So ill try to revisit before the summers end.

Left Heron Lake on Tuesday figuring it would give me ample time to get a Campsite up at Eagles Nest State Park before the 4th of July. Well I figured wrong cause Eagles Nest, and its neighbor Cimmaron Canyon were completely full. Apparently folks in the Land of Enchantment take there camping very serious, so I headed south towards Storrie Lake.

 It was then I stumbled across Coyote Creek State Park, and managed to snag the last site, so it been 4 days of generators, and screaming children . Itll all end tomorrow. Managed to get two good meals from the neighbors, so that was a good!

Top of the pass headed east towards Taos

Brazzo's box the cliffs I had been staring at from Lake Heron for several weeks.

New Mexicos version of Slab city. I use to watch a documentary about the area back when I was still living in sticks, and bricks. Interesting to finally see it. Envied there freedom. The documentary is called Off the grid Life on the Mesa. There are several free versions on the net.

At 565 ft high the Rio Grande gorge bridge is the 7th highest bridge in the U.S. The bridge appears in several major films.

Mountain roads part of the southern part of the Enchanted Circle scenic drive.

Turtle down at the Palisades sill down in Cimmaron Canyon. Thanks for visiting! Good Day!