Monday, December 30, 2024

Over Christmas we took another small camping trip to Elephant Butte Lake, about 90 miles north of Las Cruces. From there we did day trips to Bosque del Apache, Monticello, NM, and the Gila National Forest.



Winter Plumage



Elephant Butte Lake


Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge









For a video of the Snow Geese 

https://youtu.be/ce55BOEVi-Y





The back road to Monticello, NM





Northern Harrier



St Joseph's Church in Cuchillo, NM

all dressed up for Christmas



Lunch in the Gila National Forest


High meadow in the Gila


 

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