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I cannot remember the exact spot, but when I was driving from Farmington to Alamogordo, I drove through an area that had black volcanic rock for several miles. It was somewhere between Cuba and Alamo. It was quite fascinating!!
Jane has kindly offered to let me ride along to Timberon this coming Monday.
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Cathy that was in Carazozo. Valley of fire. Its got a great trail to go around, and then there is Three Rivers. We will do them this winter when there is less of a chance of rattlers...
Nan is looking forward to seeing us on Monday..HUMMMMMMMMM do we need a pie???
Jane
Ohhhh. OK, Carrizozo sounds about right....I just couldn't remember!!!
I really enjoyed the concert last night...and the company....and I'm looking forward to Monday (even if it is at 8...LOL!!!)!!
Be interesting to see what kind of pie you get....
Ohhhh. OK, Carrizozo sounds about right....I just couldn't remember!!!
That would be the "valley of the fires" just a few miles west of Carrizozo. There is a cave on the north side of the road that goes a couple of hundred yds into the flow, it's a little freaky.
> Plenty mosquitos here. ... cases of west nile virus ...
I've not spent time near the river, but I think you'll find "plenty"
of mosquitos there, but orders of magnitude less than in Eastern
areas of the US.
If you are outside of the river bosque area - say UNM, you can
go all summer spending evenings outside every night and never
get a bite.
Near the foothills - almost none, but they *will* breed in people's
ponds and stagnant bird baths, old tires, etc.
You can have dinner outside most of the year without a bug light.
I've seen some periods of days where there will be flies for a while,
but generally go weeks without seeing one of these.
That would be the "valley of the fires" just a few miles west of Carrizozo. There is a cave on the north side of the road that goes a couple of hundred yds into the flow, it's a little freaky.
>but orders of magnitude less than in Eastern areas of the US.
even 50% less mosquitos sounds wonderful. I dont mind one or two of them. After all I have spent my entire life so far in Florida swamps and on rivers. I spend my weekends at a place called "Mosquito Lagoon" nothing could be as bad as they are here.
Speaking of Flying Irratating bugs.. what about bees? im sure there are a few but are they over populated? I took a trip to Illinois/Indiana last october and i was suprised to see the "Bee Frenzy" there. My fiance actually got attacked by bees walking down the street... does that happen in NM ??
Those are *not*, BTW, the Guadalupe Mountains.
Ladron is part of the Sierra Ladrones also referred to
as the Bear Mountains(?)
I always wondered what the name of that mountain was and didn't even know it was an Volcano....
Thanks for the info Mortimer.....
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Ladron peak
