Carolyn - After a delightful visit in Prescott with Gail's mom, we got an early start this morning and hit the road about 7:30. After a short drive, we took a side trip and visited Montezeuma's Castle, an old indian ruin built into the side of a cliff. We met a volunteer from Modesto there - small world! We had lunch at a spot called Tonto Natural Bridge and saw Javilinas (wild pigs) and a Cardinal that was on the westernmost edge of it's range. We crossed the Continental Divide so it's all downhill from here and we're heading toward the Atlantic. New Mexico has some pretty strange scenery, lots of Pinion Pines, calderas and SETI arrays (ok, maybe just astronomical dishes - Jodie Foster where are you?). The Pronghorns
have lots of room to roam (we saw lots of them). Most of the journey today was spent above 5000 ft (highest point 7500) so it was cold with snow covering the surrounding countryside. Don't worry Steve, the road was clear and dry. Probably the strangest sight today was the Christmas tree made out of antlers, we had to backtrack back to take a photo of that one!
Carolyn - After a delightful visit in Prescott with Gail's mom, we got an early start this morning and hit the road about 7:30. After a short drive, we took a side trip and visited Montezeuma's Castle, an old indian ruin built into the side of a cliff. We met a volunteer from Modesto there - small world! We had lunch at a spot called Tonto Natural Bridge and saw Javilinas (wild pigs) and a Cardinal that was on the westernmost edge of it's range. We crossed the Continental Divide so it's all downhill from here and we're heading toward the Atlantic. New Mexico has some pretty strange scenery, lots of Pinion Pines, calderas and SETI arrays (ok, maybe just astronomical dishes - Jodie Foster where are you?). The Pronghorns 
have lots of room to roam (we saw lots of them). Most of the journey today was spent above 5000 ft (highest point 7500) so it was cold with snow covering the surrounding countryside. Don't worry Steve, the road was clear and dry. Probably the strangest sight today was the Christmas tree made out of antlers, we had to backtrack back to take a photo of that one!
2 comments:
The pictures are wonderful. The castle - WOW, right out of a Tony Hillerman book.
I'm glad to see the bright blue sky, all we are reading about here on Whidbey Island is snow, snow and more snow. Glad to hear the roads are clear.
I saw my first Cardinal this summer in Pennsylvania - beautiful.
Other than having bouts of tiredness, Gherry's feeling good. He said to tell you he thought June/July was a much better time to drive to Maine, what does he know, he USED to be a republican too. :-}
Stay safe
Donna T.
I've been to the Castle -- We walked all around and then a summer storm cut loose and it rained like no ones business -- like we don't get in non-monsoon parts of the universe. We were meant to camp but had fortunatly not unpacked anything, thinking to hike around first -- we chicked out and went to a town (one is a half hour or so away -- I think....its been a while) and grabbed a hotel.
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