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Northern New Mexico Mountains
Jul 4, 2017 10:44:57 #
I spent a week in the small town of Red River, NM, high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains that are part of the tail end of the Rockies. It's beautiful country and I spent every afternoon touring around. Had cloudy skies part of the time. Here are a few images of what it's like to be at 8350' and higher. Enjoy! Comments welcome.
Looking up to the top of the mountain above Red River, NM
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View at the top of the chair lift
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Mountain stream
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Old bridge across the Rio Grande. Do you think it will hold me?
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Coming storm. I got caught in the hail.
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El Arroyo Hondo - the Rio Grande gorge is 500' deep at this point
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Jul 4, 2017 10:51:14 #
Jul 4, 2017 10:53:15 #
AuntieM wrote:
Beautiful shots of magnificent country.
Thanks, AuntieM.
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Jul 4, 2017 10:56:31 #
Jul 4, 2017 11:11:28 #
Excellent series, beautiful scenery and I love the storm shot. I envy you being able to reach those heights, I suffer severe altitude sickness anywhere near 8,000'. 
Jul 4, 2017 11:22:10 #
Jul 4, 2017 11:23:18 #
These are all beautiful, Kathy. I think the second is my favorite. The fresh green is so inviting and the trail leads off to adventure. The sky is magnificent, too.
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Jul 4, 2017 11:43:15 #
Jul 4, 2017 12:03:24 #
jkoar wrote:
Magnificent clouds ... nice pics.
Thanks so much. Actually, I like wide open skies. But sometimes clouds are nice - until they dump on you!
Jul 4, 2017 12:07:12 #
Sylvias wrote:
Excellent series, beautiful scenery and I love the storm shot. I envy you being able to reach those heights, I suffer severe altitude sickness anywhere near 8,000'.
Thanks, Sylvia. I've only had altitude sickness once, and I was so sick I truly wanted to die! I was in Cusco, preparing to go to Machu Picchu the following day. Luckily one of my friends had some pills. They pumped me full of medicine and coco tea and I made it. I get a slight headache my first morning in Quito, but coffee and breakfast and it's gone. My only reaction to my week in Red River was getting out of breath when going upstairs.
I feel for you. So much of the beauty of the world is way up high!
Jul 4, 2017 12:07:35 #
kpmac wrote:
Nice series. It is a beautiful place.
Thanks, kpmac. That it is.
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Jul 4, 2017 12:08:51 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
These are all beautiful, Kathy. I think the second is my favorite. The fresh green is so inviting and the trail leads off to adventure. The sky is magnificent, too.
Thanks! It was beautiful on top of that mountain. The chair lift ride up and down was a white-knuckle experience, but I loved being on top!
Jul 4, 2017 12:09:09 #
Jul 4, 2017 12:20:05 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Thanks, Sylvia. I've only had altitude sickness o... (show quote)
That is where I found I had a problem too, horrendous nose bleeds and serious headache getting off the plane, I was stuck in the hotel for two days. Then travelled to Macau Picchu and was taken off the boat on a stretcher while on the floating island. Taken to the hospital given oxygen and copious amounts of coco tea (cocaine leaves) in hot water. I was told never to put myself in altitude situations again. My head felt like it was in a vice! They wanted to fly me home but I managed to get around for the next few days with a small oxygen cylinder and flasks of coco tea. I suffered from withdrawal symptoms for about two months from the cocaine.
Jul 4, 2017 13:18:57 #
Sylvias wrote:
That is where I found I had a problem too, horrend... (show quote)
WOW! That was bad. The second time I went there, I was on some pills that a doctor friend of mine recommended. They worked. I'd get a morning headache, but that was about all. My friend and I did notice some skin reactions (tingling, etc.), but everything was do-able. Obviously, you had a much stronger reaction. Yeah, you probably better stay off the mountain.
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