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| San Mateo Mesa at sunset |
My sister lives in a marvelous section of the state of New Mexico. It is filled with an abundance of little side trips you can take that get you beyond power poles and city boundaries. So when I arrived at San Fidel in the very early afternoon of our fist day of vacation we immediately loaded up the fur kids and headed for San Mateo Mesa to catch the late afternoon sun on the rock formations there.
My father maintained that Interstate 40 and 25 were positioned to go through the most boring parts of the state so people would just keep passing through. Surely they chose the routes for ease of building but the result was the same. Just off the highways lie the most interesting spots.
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| Lowering sun on outcrop of rock |
The rock colors in this federally maintained land were fantastic. I found myself wondering if to a geologist they meant something because it is a mine exploration area and there are some mines on the fringes out of sight.
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| Hoodoos or vodoos or goblins |
Wild variances in colors abound augmented by lichens. For a photographer it was a visual banquet.
And the rock formations are extremely varied. It was amazing to find it all in one short afternoon outing.
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| Debbie on top of a plateau |
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| Ridge of rock |
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| Reflection in a stock pond |
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| Mesa View |
San Mateo Mesa area is used for grazing and hunting and camping as well as mining. It is one of the federal lands where the combination seems to work well. I know two photographers that will probably be going back for more photos and off roading.
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