Acquaintances and Eclipses

Dennis has continued to get good news on the health front, so we are starting to get active again. Last week we had visits from two friends. Our friend, Nelson, came out from Austin to watch the annular solar eclipse with us. Our friend from Florida, Bil, made an unplanned visit to Las Cruces.

After a few days in town Dennis, Nelson and I packed up and headed north. We stopped for a soak at a hot springs resort in Truth or Consequences. We then continued on to Mountainair, New Mexico to watch the eclipse and visit the Abo Mission. On the way home we toured the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Apparently the wildlife had taken the day off.

It was wonderful to visit with dear friends and to be traveling again.

Nelson, Dennis and Bil on Baylor Canyon Road, Las Cruces

Bil's dogs: Otto and Embry

Dennis and the Organ Mountains, Las Cruces

Sunset over the West Mesa, Las Cruces

Twilight Conversation

Riverbend Hot Springs Resort, Truth or Consequences, NM

Abo Mission - Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Moutainair, NM

"...sat on their park bench like bookends." P. Simon

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

Nail Bird

Eclipse morning in Mountainair

Summary of the Annular Eclipse seen on 10-14-2023 

in Mountainair, NM