Picture of the Day: Grazing Land In the Sacramento Mountains

May 24, 2011
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This is a picture I took of a green field up in New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains that is used to graze cattle on.

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On Walkabout On: The Mexican Canyon Trestle Trail

May 19, 2011
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Just a short drive outside of the southern New Mexico village of Cloudcroft is the area’s most popular hiking trail to the Mexican Canyon Trestle.  Since the trail follows parts of the old Cloud Climbing Railroad that once ran from …

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On Walkabout On: New Mexico’s Highway 82

May 11, 2011
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Here are some pictures from a route that I often take to drive up into the beautiful Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico.  This route is Highway 82 that runs between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft.  The first part of the highway …

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Picture of the Day: The Sacramento Escarpment, New Mexico

May 5, 2011
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This is a picture of the Sacramento Escarpment just south of Alamogordo, New Mexico.  The canyon in the center of this photo is the infamous Dog Canyon and if you look really closely at the top of the mountain you …

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On Walkabout At: Dog Canyon, New Mexico – Part 3

April 29, 2011
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Previous Posting: Dog Canyon, New Mexico – Part 2 ________________________________________________ After completing my hike to the top of New Mexico’s Dog Canyon Trail, I still had another 5.5 miles ahead of me to walk back down the trail  However, walking …

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On Walkabout At: Dog Canyon, New Mexico – Part 2

April 27, 2011
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Prior Posting: Dog Canyon, New Mexico – Part 1 _______________________________________________ After finishing up my water break at the old cabin of Francois Jean Rochas known as “Frenchy” by the locals, I then proceeded to follow the trail further up into …

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On Walkabout At: Dog Canyon, New Mexico

April 25, 2011
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I often have to drive on Highway 54 to Alamogordo, New Mexico from my home here in El Paso, Texas.  Along the way I always pass the Oliver Lee Memorial State Park which is home to a hike deep into …

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On Walkabout On: The Road to Sierra Blanca Peak

March 10, 2010
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Earlier this winter I took a trip to see the snows of New Mexico’s Sierra Blanca Peak.  During that trip my wife and I took County Road 532 up to the lookout near the Ski Apache resort.  To go along …

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On Walkabout On: New Mexico’s Snowy Sierra Blanca Peak

February 15, 2010
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About two hours north of El Paso is the nearly 12,000 foot peak of Sierra Blanca located near the charming village of Ruidoso: This scenic mountain is part of the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation and is considered holy ground by …

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Picture of the Day: Winter On the Rio Ruidoso

February 14, 2010
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