New Mexico Dreaming
/My daughter had a conference in Albuquerque, NM in June…took advantage of a tour to the Very Large Array (astronomical radio observatory) offered. She sent two pictures.
And started a whole sequence of thoughts about traveling to New Mexico again. The last few times (pre-COVID) were for Festival of the Cranes at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in the fall/early winter; they included a lot of birding field trips around Socorro, NM plus tours of the VLA. Prior to that we made vacations that featured Sandia Peak, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, El Malpais National Conservation Area, and Bandelier National Monument. As early as the 1970s, we took road trips from Texas to New Mexico….to Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos, Albuquerque.
Now we live close enough to enjoy a road trip to the state. I’m contemplating a loop that would start with an almost straight drive from Missouri across Oklahoma to Albuquerque…and come back through Dallas. Between the long drives…a lot of shorter drives to see areas we’ve been to before and maybe some that we haven’t too! We’ll wait for the temperatures to cool down…and maybe for the birding festival event…to make the trip.
