Monthly Archives: October 2020

19th Annual Halloween Cartoon

The 19th Annual Halloween Cartoon is here! Turn off the lights, huddle round the monitor and travel back to the golden days of pulp. And you can also visit the Crypt for past Halloweens here. As always, young impressionable minds … Continue reading

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Holy Ghost Creek hike 10_21_20

Our favorite place to go in the Fall and a not so spooky hike before Halloween. Last chance to get up in the Pecos Wilderness before Winter arrives next week.

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Raccoon 10_20_20

My wildlife camera finally spotted something we have not seen in the twenty plus years we’ve lived here. At first I though it was another fat bunny!

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James Randi 10_21_20

Another of my heroes has passed on.

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Autumn colors and critters 10_19_20

The Fall colors are coming out in the neighborhood along with the usual critter migration.

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Big Tesuque Creek 10_13_20

Our annual Fall pilgrimage to Big Tesuque Creek campground, above Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Sunset 10_9_20

One of the few evenings with clouds to make a nice sunset (due in large part to the extreme drought we are now experiencing).

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Abiquiu, New Mexico 10_6_20

Heading back from Chama.

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Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad 10_5_20

Originally, the Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge railroad was built in 1880 to service the mines and timber in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. The Cumbres and Toltec is one of the biggest tourist attractions in New … Continue reading

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Southern Colorado color 10_5_20

We spent a day on our trip to drive up past Chama, over the Cumbres Pass and into Colorado to see the Fall colors.

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