In the mid-week of July, we headed up to New Mexico for relaxation, reading, and cooler temps. We've been going to Cloudcroft, New Mexico since I was a very young child. My great-grandmother had a home there, then my grandparents, parents, etc. Now, since no one owns property there, we just pick a big house, rent it, and anyone is welcome. It's a true respite from the heat of the summer and the fast-paced techy lifestyle that we all lead. I love it desperately. It feeds my soul. Hopefully some of these shots (I took over 400) will feed yours, too. (These are not in any kind of order... I hate blogger and its cranky photo placement tendencies...)
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| The Cloudcroft Hotel - along Burro Street - the only "town" street - isn't it pretty at night? |
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| One of the amazing wooden train trestles here in the Sacramento Mountains. We call it "Grandaddy's Trestle" because my great-grandfather was one of the men who worked to build this huge passage across a mountain canyon in the early 1900's. It's really called the Mexican Canyon Trestle. |
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| Said Trestle from the other side of the highway, this time at dusk. I am not a good enough photographer to capture this in all its magesty... yet. :) |
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| The view from the Trestle hike across the canyon toward Alamogordo and White Sands. |
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| Rain droplets on the windshield on the way there... my camera kept focusing in and out from the trees to the windshield. SO cool! |
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| The hummingbirds... oh, the hummingbirds. You can see my fascination with them in the pictures that follow. I simply could NOT put my camera down. |
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| Wind turbines along I-10 way out west - LOVE these and they are everywhere! |
