High Country, New Mexico

Heading up towards mesa

Interesting rock walls

View of the valley

A stop at Ponderosa Winery

Real cool antique truck

Beautiful garden in fromt of the Winery

Friendly dogs

Grapes on the vine

Award winning wines, we had to taste and purchase

Cool Dragon sculpture also hid a Geocache for us

Pueblo vendor

Pueblo history

View of the valley

Interesting rock balancing

Red Rock almost reminds us of Sedona

More red rock

First Gilman Tunnel 

Looking through to second tunnel

Wonder who/what might live in that cave

Someone rich is hiding out in these mountains

Native Greeter

Can hardly see little lizard on wall

Time for lunch

Unique bar stools

Hot Springs

Soda Dam

Storm clouds for a minute

hmmm, guess it resembles battleship

White rock

Last years forest fire is evident

Valles Caldera - Valle Grande used to be volcano

More fire damage

Los Alamos below

Hair pin turns coming down

Swiss Cheese looking rock is actually called tuff and came from volcano millions of years ago

We spent a wonderful day exploring New Mexico Route 4 which goes up through Jemez Pueblo,  Jemez Springs, around the Valles Caldera and back home through Santa Fe.  The rich Pueblo history and going way back to the volcanic history of New Mexico was very interesting.  The rock formations unusual and tempting for rock climbers which we saw along the way.  This area had special meaning to me since my son, Christopher, explored this same area when he was a young man making a cross-country trip with a bunch of his friends.