Valle Verde

 Technically, it is still winter, so while Valle is not yet very Verde,
it is snow free and attracted many groups of considerate hikers,
all of whom seemed to have heard there were bighorn sheep hanging out here today.

A baby
Don't worry, there were several mothers around too
but they were shy and didn't want their pics posted on the internet

This guy felt comfortable enough to back me

The Rio Grande rushes thru the Gorge from north to south.

This next one is titled

Abstract in Basalt and Lichen

Love those colors

And finally, a lonely goose for you

John Dunn Bridge

John Dunne.

Horse thief. Murderer. Outlaw. Teller of Tales. 

Texan. 

 John Dunne arrived in Taos 120 years ago and fell in love with the isolation.

So he built a bridge across the Rio Grande to make it easier for people to get to Taos.

Then he complained that there were too many people in Taos.

No, this isn't the bridge Dunn built.

But he did build his bridge ...

his toll bridge

I mean a guys gotta make his money ...

he built his bridge here where the Rio Hondo

joins the Rio Grande

I wanted to point out that it's still winter here

and I reluctantly added this second pic of the bridge

so that you can see there is snow remaining

on the north side of hill.

If pictures of melting snow isn't your thing

how about some rocks?

All the rocks here are volcanic

and, to me, have a surprising amount of color in them.

I should say "almost all are volcanic"

At the very bottom of this cliff face is a thin base layer of sandstone

which is actually probably the most interesting part of the rocks.

I will save that for next time

And now,

after all that metal and rock,

I'll end with a bit of humanity.

A very little bit