Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, New Mexico

[G.I.B.]

I had a day off today so I found this place and went for a hike.

It was a fantastic experience. The pictures will never reveal the magic these mountains have radiating from them. This is on the Chochiti Reservation near Santa Fe NM.

Just spectacular.

 

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[old digger]

Looks like a cool place to visit. It is awesome how erosion can cause some amazing wonders.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice photographs! Thanks for sharing...

 

[tamrock]

Wow! I've never heard of that place and I've been in a lot of places in New Mexico. Kind of looks like the terrain going north of SF towards Española? I had a couple underground copper mines in the Silver City area I made two to three trips to each month back in the 1990s, but they've been closed now for sometime. About 3 years ago Mama got a really good Groupon deal at a nice place in Santa Fe for 3 nights. She really had fun shopping and dining on the plaza in old Santa Fe. I really enjoy the history of that part of New Mexico.

 

[worldtalker]

Wouldn't want to be there during a hard rain!

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[hvacker]

Tent Rocks are about 20 miles from home. Glad you enjoyed the experience.

 

[hvacker]

Pic went sidewinder. Maybe too many pickles. The image was a whole jar.

 

[Peyton Manning]

actually thinking of vacationing in SF next year
thanks for the peek

 

[G.I.B.]

Tent Rocks are about 20 miles from home.

I've got my 3030 with me.... can I hunt your yard?

 

[hvacker]

I've got my 3030 with me.... can I hunt your yard?

Of course you can as long as ya don't shoot any snakes, lizards, road runners, or Buggs Bunny or Smoky.
It's open season on Carpet Baggers.

 

[worldtalker]

Of course you can as long as ya don't shoot any snakes, lizards, road runners, or Buggs Bunny or Smoky.
It's open season on Carpet Baggers.

Open season on him??

 

[hvacker]

actually thinking of vacationing in SF next year
thanks for the peek

Ya Jeff, a lot of people that drive thru this State have said "Why would anyone live there?"
Driving on I40 I can understand their reasoning. Those thoughts were in my mind also 30 years ago when moving here. Truth though if driving 10 miles or so off the Interstate a whole lot changes.
What I liked was so much open land with so few people. Seemed like I could go anywhere. So much of the State is BLM, wilderness, and parks. 5th largest State with 2 million people.
SF is a treat in itself. Though only 70 miles away and I've been there countless times mostly working I still like going there.

 

[hvacker]

Open season on him??

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Poor Wiley. He's on the end of everyone's gun sight.
The village I live has a sign on the outskirts of town that says "Coyotes Live IN Corrales"
as there are some types that protect life no matter how troublesome. They might have never lost a small dog, cat, chicken, duck etc.
The animals are predators, opportunists, sneaky but so are we humans.

 

[worldtalker]

Opportunists yes..they even swiped one of my watermelons.



GOD Bless

Chris

 

[hvacker]

Opportunists yes..they even swiped one of my watermelons.

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GOD Bless




Chris

Wow, vegetarian coyotes

 

[Peyton Manning]

Ya Jeff, a lot of people that drive thru this State have said "Why would anyone live there?"
Driving on I40 I can understand their reasoning. Those thoughts were in my mind also 30 years ago when moving here. Truth though if driving 10 miles or so off the Interstate a whole lot changes.
What I liked was so much open land with so few people. Seemed like I could go anywhere. So much of the State is BLM, wilderness, and parks. 5th largest State with 2 million people.
SF is a treat in itself. Though only 70 miles away and I've been there countless times mostly working I still like going there.

a few years back we drove through, stopping for the night in alber(whatever)ky, next day on way to friends in phoenix we went off the interstate and took a trail.
loved it! found a piece of pottery, but left it as the rules state
always have wanted to go back and explore more
I like looking for indian artifacts and now metal detecting too

 

[G.I.B.]

The National Park HQ and BLM information office are both located right off the interstate. I suggest stopping at both for maps and more information.

It's on the south side of town.

Best of luck!

 

[hvacker]

a few years back we drove through, stopping for the night in alber(whatever)ky, next day on way to friends in phoenix we went off the interstate and took a trail.
loved it! found a piece of pottery, but left it as the rules state
always have wanted to go back and explore more
I like looking for indian artifacts and now metal detecting too

When first moving here I was at a place called Ojo Caliente (hot eye sp) and while wandering I stumbled
on literally mounds of pottery fragments. Kids at some of the pueblos sell them 50 cents.
No one is positive why some were broken and some buried when the people left.
I kind of thought when a pot breaks it is further broken and returned to the earth.
Traditional natives will allow an adobe home to "melt" back to the earth when it's time is here.