The week we spent with friends at Curt Gowdy State Park in Wyoming was wonderful. It was also the end to Wyoming adventures for us this time around. Time to hit the road again. In all of our travels to and fro Colorado has not yet resonated with us. So, we were steadfast in our travels through it, hit the highway out of Cheyenne and a few hours later were pleased as punch when we crossed into the Tierra del Encanto. New Mexico has not only talked to us, it has called to us from afar and sent email. Thus, once again, we are answering.
Even on dark and ominous days New Mexico’s beauty is clear to us.
As we entered Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge the sun was starting to break out.
Raptors were everywhere.
Hunting or just hanging out.
Smaller birds were present in numbers replacing fallen leaves. We’d catch them spying on us as we took in the beautiful scenery.
Gambel's White-Crowned Sparrow
Beautiful Scenery
Mule Deer to the left... Sandhill Cranes to the right.
Let’s play ‘Find The Mule Deer’!
We had a sweet little primitive spot and the place all to ourselves. Although a
three night stay is permitted we stayed only one as the weather was due to
chill quite a bit.
We were also getting close enough to our winter destination that containing
the urge to Keep on Truckin’ was growing ever more difficult.
Still, we couldn’t deny that this was a special place and we saw more critter activity here than we have at any refuge in a good while. We saw a lot of things.
Time to look ahead, move on and see what’s next.
