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Awesome “Ring of Fire”

Annular solar eclipse

It got quite chilly.

Annular Solar Eclipse 14 October 2023
My friend Roz and I traveled south of Farmington, New Mexico on highway 371 toward the Bisti Badlands.  We turned west onto Navajo Route 5  (aka Indian Service Rte 5) and then found a good place to park that we determined was about right on the centerline of the eclipse as determined by Latitude and Longitude.

View from the summit

Landscape’s like a treasure chest

Trees like sparkling gems.

A San Juan autumn

Vibrant Fall colors abound

Feels like a blessing.

 Taken on a hike today.  Probably a few more photos to follow in the future.

A secluded view

with a trail through Autumn Oaks

sings of quiet grace.

Open my curtains
the morning scene that greets me
Five deer in the yard

This is the scene that I see when I open my curtains each morning although the number of deer may vary from zero on up to double digits.

Townsend’s Solitaire
Eats ripe Juniper berries
Has a white eye ring

These birds survive the winter by eating ripe Juniper berries. One study suggested they would need to eat between 42,000 and 84,000 juniper berries to survive the winter. Now that is a lot of berries.

Chalk flowers blooming

colorful sidewalk design

gift from a stranger.

It said take a picture so I did.

Wild turkey’s detail

              differs from commonly seen.

    Shows what can be seen.

Stretched our tired old legs

on a beautiful loop trail

Good views and good vibes

Sorry about the poor cell phone image quality.

A gem in the wild,

remote and isolated,

is why we explore.

Hiked into this beautiful arch down in New Mexico today.  There were two places where we had to scramble up a couple of ledges.  Didn’t see another hiker all day.  In some ways this arch is similar to Delicate Arch in Arches NP although not as grand.