Did the Los Alamos Queen stage with @bikezoogmoney, house to tip top of pajarito mountain via quemazon-pipeline-aspen for trouble-summit push-aspeñola-lower aspeñola-camp May- gabrielas. It was a bit hot out for the initial climb, but cooled off nicely for the last bit. #mountainstylebicycling #losalamos #pajaritomountain #vallescaldera https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9ZqUWFXvo/?igshid=u7rtfgsii2n
An empty corral ready for late spring cattle. #cattleranch #jemezmountains #vallescaldera #springtime #treeframing #roadtrippin (at Jemez Mountains) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-oDqxbFiuC/?igshid=12yubc06vyf7e
The day Freddie and I found a cute little minicave at Valles Caldera. It was soooo cold, but we had fun. #hiking #getoutside #vallescaldera #nationalpark #explore #vanlife #solotravel #shotoniphone #newmexico (at Valles Caldera) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSeiLQ6LGD6/?utm_medium=tumblr
Valles Caldera is a 13.7-mile wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps and volcanic domes dot the caldera floor landscape.
After a nearly 2.5 hour one-way drive from Albuquerque and a back-seat picnic, Katie and I hiked just about 25 minutes in the blustering wind from the parking lot out to a nice outlook that gave us a view of the distant ring of small mountains and hills that now form the ring of what was once a super volcano (or maybe still is? I’m not a geologist).
The views are astounding and beautiful...a massive unearthly grass field in the middle of the rocky and woody regions. I can see why elk love the place. Tiny streams filled with trout and other native fish criss-cross this broad field, and in certain seasons you can enter for a chance to fish in this coveted fly-fishing spot.
Honestly, the photos simply don’t do this place justice. Even with my Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens, the place is beautiful but the scale is impossible to capture.
The reason for the trip was simple: test out my new FT-3DR’s APRS capability with the rubber ducky antenna. Surprisingly, I was able to hit the nearby i-Gate (thank you to KA8JMW-10 for running it)! No digipeater or cross-band repeat necessary. I’m sure in the future I will need to invest in a mobile-rig to do so at my more remote hikes, but for now I’m pleasantly impressed with the system’s ability to log this hike and made it very easy to share the hike with friends and family.
6.26.19 - Perhaps one of my favorite photos of the caldera I've taken thus far. I love the lighting here. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nikon D3300 Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G II -------------------------------------------------------------------- #nikon #nikkor #d3300 #losalamos #newmexico #jemez #vallescaldera #newmexicotrue (at Valles Caldera National Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCuqjadh_WP/?igshid=cqxqk3ze9wmm
A Badger 🦡 Out For A Walk at Valles Caldera National Preserve. • This is a #Repost from @vallescaldera ・・・ A #vallescaldera visitor coming down our entrance road! #badger is very happy to have a plowed road to walk on! #newmexiconationalparks #newmexico #usinterior #findyourpark #nationalpark [video description: badger walking on a snow covered road] Video: SG #NorthAmericanBadger https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUz15uAr1Y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wn3hkxarw15u
A fine day gravel riding out there on the valle caldera with @rawsonadams, @pinche_los and some beach boys. No fish were caught, but trout were seen in the two foot wide stream. #gravelgrinding #bikefishing #focus #bontrager #oceanaircycles #vallescaldera
On the way to Santa Fe, stopped at Valles Caldera. What a beautiful place! #vallescaldera #vallescalderanationalpreserve #nationalparks (at Valles Caldera National Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zZMrWpkjr/?igshid=1i1chw5dsywlx
10.18.18 - Breaking past the wall of fog at the Valles Caldera. I've been posting a lot of this car, and this location, but I guess I'm not complaining. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nikkor AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G -------------------------------------------------------------------- #nikon #nikond3300 #nikkor #toyota #mr2 #fog #autumn #vallescaldera #newmexicotrue (at Valles Caldera National Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wMQUShkPF/?igshid=1czb4g0kk1i11