DVD
Adventurer
My wife and I had a great overland trip to northern New Mexico and southern Colorado a couple weeks ago. It was a different approach for us. Usually I plan gpx tracks in advance, but this was a quick, Plan B kind of trip (wildfires changed our plans for northern California), and we took the approach of planning the next day based on our location and mindset the evening before.
Here are a few highlights.
San Antonio hot springs
Breakfast on the Rio Chama
We're not Catholic, but the Christ of the Desert Monastery is a mile or 2 further on a gravel road from the above campsite on the Rio Chama, and we attended a Vespers service with 30-40 monks singing chants.
Rafting on the Rio Grande "Racecourse" near Taos.
Medano Pass trail at Great Sand Dunes National Preserve
Bishop’s Castle, in the middle of nowhere southern CO. One eccentric man built this by himself.
Bishop's Castle main hall
Approaching the Rio Grande headwaters, we found this area of waterfalls
It’s name is Rio, and it dances through the pass. Just like that river winding through the tundra grass (apologies to Duran Duran).
I stand astride the mighty Rio Grande! We didn’t follow it all the way to a spring coming out of the rocks, but this certainly qualifies as “headwaters.
I do a blog for family/friends, and it's much easier to link there than re-create the trip report, so here's the link if you want to read/see more.
Read the blog "A Rio Good Trip - Checking in on the Rio Grande From New Mexico to Colorado"
Here are a few highlights.
San Antonio hot springs
Breakfast on the Rio Chama
We're not Catholic, but the Christ of the Desert Monastery is a mile or 2 further on a gravel road from the above campsite on the Rio Chama, and we attended a Vespers service with 30-40 monks singing chants.
Rafting on the Rio Grande "Racecourse" near Taos.
Medano Pass trail at Great Sand Dunes National Preserve
Bishop’s Castle, in the middle of nowhere southern CO. One eccentric man built this by himself.
Bishop's Castle main hall
Approaching the Rio Grande headwaters, we found this area of waterfalls
It’s name is Rio, and it dances through the pass. Just like that river winding through the tundra grass (apologies to Duran Duran).
I stand astride the mighty Rio Grande! We didn’t follow it all the way to a spring coming out of the rocks, but this certainly qualifies as “headwaters.
Read the blog "A Rio Good Trip - Checking in on the Rio Grande From New Mexico to Colorado"
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