And then we drove on into Colorado

Buffalo Pass Campground - Saguache, CO

A Chipmunk

The two of us

Flowers

Our Campsite at Buffalo Pass

In the Hammock - Mike is in the reflection

Rio Grande National Forest

Mike Relaxing

On the road to Gunnison, CO

Curecanti Reservoir, CO

Welcoming Committee - Ridgway State Park

San Juan Mountains and the Ridgway Reservoir

Uncompahgre River

Mike and the Uncompahgre

Red Dahlias

Chipmunks by the fire ring

White Bleeding Heart

Sunset at Ridgway State Park

Full Moon as seen through layers of thin clouds

Ridgway State Park

The Road to the Top of The Pines

Mike at the Top of The Pines

Mountain Bluebird

Tiny Flowers

Stealth Chipmunk

Sneffels Range

Blue Lupine buds

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Lilacs

Blue Rocky Mountain Columbine

The road towards Ouray, CO

Main Street, Ouray, CO

Rainbows 

Ridgway State Park

Yellow Salsify

Dolores River at Mavreeso Campground

Spreading Joy Throughout the Southwest

Michael will have another cancer surgery on July 29^th. This surgery will be less invasive and of a much shorter duration than the one he had last year. The recovery time should be much shorter as well. Since he has been feeling pretty good both physically and emotionally, we set off an another adventure. We took a two week camping road trip to northern New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, and northern Arizona. We took so many photos, we have decided to share them in three separate blog posts. One for each state that we visited. We are starting off with photos from northern New Mexico.

Cochiti Lake Campground

Cholla

Dandelion seed fluff

Unknown plant

San Tomas Church in Abiquiu

A Window in Abiquiu

Near Ghost Ranch

Heron Lake

Brazos Cliffs

Osprey at Heron Lake

Mountain Bluebird

Vado Lake

Chama

 

For our birthday week outing, we drove up to Aguirre Springs Campground (only about 20 miles from our house) for a couple of nights. 

It was very nice and quiet and beautiful. And it will have to hold us for camping until after the next round of medical tests - the results of which are not due until after May 7th. 

Indian Paint Brushes

Apache Plume

Cactus blooms

Views from our campsite

Sunsets

Sunrises

Dark-eyed Junco

The campground

Ocotillo buds

Mike's birthday card