Labor Day Weekend saw me, Marcia Duggar, and Ronnie & Yi-Jiun Caton head to northern New Mexico to explore the back roads below and east of El Vado Lake. We had a fabulous weekend wandering just about every little dirt road we came across, opening and closing way too many gates, and enjoying spectacular views. Marcia's dog, Rex, and my dog, Gaia, wore each other out. We brought home a lot of mud!
Meetup in Benalillo
Packing a 2-dr for camping = Ultimate Tetris
Our campsite right on the Rio Nutrias
More mud to come!
Jeff Boggs got me started on his favorite trail snack
Happy Gaia!
The only mud we bailed on - I almost got stuck so we found a way around it on another road
Lots of rafters went by us
Group cookout on Saturday night :-)
Marcia had to give her Landcruiser some TLC
More TLC
Trying to get a shot in the side mirror looking back at Marcia & the Catons
Several cool old places to explore
We found a fixer-upper!
Coll old glass
Some kind of old gas can maybe?
The views were epic!
Thunderstorms rolling in our last morning - gorgeous sunrise!
Packing up after the rain...
We brought out a lot of mud!
Ma & Gaia
The Catons
Marcia & Rex
Ronnie's rear locker didn't disengage on the way out - ended up driving home slowly
This is after much mud fell off on the way home
Yup - we wandered all over the place!
Gorgeous Night Skies
Picking out a campsite
Does this look like a good spot for lunch
Lots of views
Camping on the river
