AZ/NM Winter Road Trip

Adobe Structure in Santa Fe

Example of many of the pleasant, easy architectural style of New Mexico and the Southwest in general.

Southwest Adobe

Example of many of the pleasant, easy architectural style of New Mexico and the Southwest in general.

Colorful Outcropping of Rock in Abiqui, New Mexico

Rugged, colorful landscapes about in the Southwest.

Landscape near Abiqui, New Meico

Richness of color is exhibited in the multi hued layers of New Mexico.

Colorful Cliff Walls near Abiqui, New Mexico

Always a brilliant landscape in view in the Southwest and especially near Abiqui, New Mexico

Shacks in Multicolor

Near the New Mexico/Arizona border a row of small buildings reflect the Southwest color scheme

The Approach of Evening in New Mexico

Lone Windmill 1 near Quemado, New Mexico

Along Route between New Mexico and Arizona, a beautiful Winter sunset highlights the lone windmill.

Evening in New Mexico

The Southwest displays amazing sunsets year round many of which exaggerate the immense open mesas and sky above

Lone Windmill 2 near Quemado, New Mexico

Along Route between New Mexico and Arizona, a beautiful Winter sunset highlights the lone windmill.

Sandhill Cranes in Flight

Large and graceful, the Sandhill Cranes dominate the skies at Bosque Wildlife Preserve in Arizona where the birds migrate in the Fall. The wetlands attract huge flocks of cranes and snow geese as well as waterfowl, shorebirds and birds of prey.

Sandhill Cranes at Bosque Preserve in Corrales, New Mexico

The refuge was founded in 1939 and is a favorite spot to watch the migration of the Sandhill Cranes in the Fall.

Waterfowl in the Bosque Wildlife Preserve in Corrales, New Mexico

Lone Waterfowl in Bosque Wildlife Preserve New Mexico

Reflection in the Bosque Wildlife Preserve Waterway

An example of the terrain and surrounding canals of water that make up the Bosque Wildlife Preserve in New Mexico

Lone Tree Across the Waterway

Located in the Bosque Wildlife Preserve in Corrales, New Mexico wetlands where 358 different bird species migrate to in the Fall

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Barrel Cactus

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