Our little snow
on the truck
in the high desert.
Dec. 27, 2014
on the truck
in the high desert.
Dec. 27, 2014
( Writing this from Pancho Villa State Park, on December 27, three miles from the Mexico border town of Palomas and watching the snow fall on us. Washed the dishes out at the picnic table while it snowed. Are we having fun yet?!!! )
Sunspot ( elevation 9200 ft. ) is a very little town, it has it's own post office, that is the location of the Sunspot Solar Observatory and the Apache Point Observatory. It's official name is the National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak. ( www.nsosp.nso.edu ) It is located 40 miles southeast from Alamogordo and the drive up to the Sacramento Peak includes a curving road with a 4500 foot altitude difference in a 16-mile span. The drive takes about one hour by car from Alamogordo and is a gorgeous drive through the Lincoln National Forest with many deer sitings and beautiful views of the valleys and canyons with pull-offs for taking pictures. Cloudcroft is the nearest town for gas and amenities.
We drove up to the peak on November 12 and drove into the clouds.
Saw mule deer all along the drive.
A hazy photo of the valley.
Deer where feeding right in front of our truck while we ate lunch in the parking lot of the visitors center. Unfortunately the center closed early that day so we didn't get to see any of the exhibits. We did walk around the grounds on the self-guided tour and plan on getting back here someday.
On the way back, we pulled up on a hill and took a photo looking back at the mountain that we crossed. You can see the top of our truck in the bottom of the picture.
Ending this post with that evenings sunset. These photos were taken from a moving vehicle. We couldn't pull over and the sky changes by the minute so I just keep snapping and hope for the best. XOXO
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