By Jennifer A. Germano The heavens swirl in a tornado of shrill cries and powerful gray wings. Thousands of sandhill cranes rise into the sky and the pale light of evening. Their long skinny legs tucking up and stretching out behind them. The cottonwoods and soupy marshes appear blurred and otherworldly in the dim light at day’s end. Every ray of sunshine might allow you … [Read more...] about A Drive on the Wild Side: New Mexico’s Bosque del Apache
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New Mexico’s Desert of Enchantment—White Sands National Monument
By Joseph Ciccanti The word desert does not usually conjure up the word enchantment, but there is one section of desert that can be considered akin to enjoying a beach all to yourself on a bright, sunny day. The temperature feels perfect—in the upper sixties with zero humidity and not a cloud in the sky. You lie on one of the numerous sand dunes while feeling the gentle … [Read more...] about New Mexico’s Desert of Enchantment—White Sands National Monument
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico — The Walking Tour
By Karen Padilla ITWPA Member Ansel Adams said of Ghost Ranch: “The skies and land are so enormous, and the detail so precise and exquisite that wherever you are you are isolated in a glowing world between the macro and the micro.” One by one we boarded the old ranch van. Our tour guide, Karen, drove us to a restricted part of the ranch that includes Georgia O’Keeffe’s … [Read more...] about Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico — The Walking Tour