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I Accidentally Got Lost in 1958

I Accidentally Got Lost in 1958

Colorado River Grand Junction to Moab: An Old Cowboy Kid Photographer’s Candy Store

Follow Pat down the Colorado River from Grand Junction to Moab and into the red-rock landscapes that helped create Hollywood’s American West. Travel Highway 128 through Dewey Bridge, Professor Valley, Fisher Towers and Red Cliffs Lodge while exploring Western movie history, rafting, fishing, wildlife and some of the finest riverside camping in Utah.

Climate Change: What the Data Actually Shows with Geologist Scott Tinker

Climate Change: What the Data Actually Shows with Geologist Scott Tinker

Cool Heights and Summer Hail: A Family Hike at Ski Santa Fe

Cool Heights and Summer Hail: A Family Hike at Ski Santa Fe

Sand, Screams, and the Serpent’s Tail: The Defiant Magic of Cliff’s Amusement Park in Albuquerque

Sand, Screams, and the Serpent’s Tail: The Defiant Magic of Cliff’s Amusement Park in Albuquerque

Sparking the Semiquincentennial: The Night Santa Fe Blended Pixels and Pyrotechnics

Sparking the Semiquincentennial: The Night Santa Fe Blended Pixels and Pyrotechnics

Redefining the Skyline: The Night Santa Fe Reimagined the 4th of July

Redefining the Skyline: The Night Santa Fe Reimagined the 4th of July

I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Worn Out

I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Worn Out

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Air 2S

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail El Camino Real winds up La Bajada Hill along the Santa Fe River near it's northern end at Santa Fe, New Mexico. El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro served a variety of purposes. Many of its users were involved in the Spanish...

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Pecos River San Jose New Mexico

San Jose is a census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 137 as of the 2010 census. San Jose has a post office, with ZIP code 87565. Exit 319 of Interstate 25 serves the community. San Jose was founded in 1803 when...

Carlsbad Caverns 06-02-2022 Pocket 2

Carlsbad Caverns 06-02-2022

Carlsbad Caverns 06-02-2022 Carlsbad Caverns National Park is in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico. It features more than 100 caves. The Natural Entrance is a path into the namesake Carlsbad Cavern. Stalactites cling to the roof of the Big Room, a huge...

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Pecos River Brantley Lake State Park

Pecos River Brantley Lake State Park Brantley Lake is a reservoir on the Pecos River located within Brantley Lake State Park approximately 12 miles north of Carlsbad, New Mexico off US 285. It is impounded by Brantley Dam, completed in the 1980s as part of the...

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Pecos River Lower Transill Reservoir Carlsbad NM

Pecos River Lower Transill Reservoir Lower Transil Reservoir is a reservoir located just .6 miles from Carlsbad, in Eddy County, in the state of New Mexico, United States. Whether you’re baitcasting, fly fishing or spinning your chances of getting a bite here are...

Pecos River Red Bluff Reservoir Carlsbad, NM

Pecos River Red Bluff Reservoir

Pecos River Red Bluff Reservoir Carlsbad, NM Red Bluff Reservoir is a reservoir on the Pecos River 40 miles north of Pecos, Texas. The reservoir extends into Loving and Reeves Counties in Texas, and Eddy County in New Mexico. The northern shoreline of the reservoir is...

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Pecos River Joins the Rio Grande

Pecos River Joins the Rio Grande Just west of Del Rio, Texas the Pecos joins the Rio Grande River on its way to the Gulf of Mexico at Brownsville, Texas. The Pecos River, in New Mexico and Texas, is yet another river at risk of drying up soon. It runs for around 926...

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Pecos River Flume – Carlsbad, NM

Pecos River Flume - Carlsbad, NM The Pecos River Flume is an aqueduct carrying irrigation water over the Pecos River. Construction took place from 1889 to 1890 and was part of the Pecos River Reclamation Project. It was originally constructed of wood and spanned 145...

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Pecos River Gorge Bridge

Pecos River Gorge Bridge Completed in April 1957, the Pecos River Highway Bridge spans the Pecos River Canyon at the junction of U.S. Highway 90 and the Pecos River. The height above the river varies with the level of the Amistad Reservoir but the bridge is...

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Rio Grande River Langtry TX

Rio Grande River Langtry TX Langtry is an unincorporated community in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. The community is notable as the place where Judge Roy Bean, the "Law West of the Pecos", had his saloon and practiced law. Langtry was originally established...

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Rio Grande River Lake Amistad Hwy 90 Bridge

Rio Grande River Lake Amistad Hwy 90 Bridge Del Rio, Texas Amistad is a reservoir on the Rio Grande at its confluence with the Devils River 12 miles northwest of Del Rio, Texas. The lake is bounded by Val Verde County on the United States side of the international...

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Along the Santa Fe Trail

Along the Santa Fe Trail by The Sons Of The Pioneers "Along The Santa Fe Trail" is a lovely song by The Sons Of The Pioneers, first recorded by them in 1955 on RCA Victor. It was written in 1940 for the movie "Santa Fe Trail", starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de...

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Sky Railway 04-09-2022

Sky Railway The Santa Fe scenic train passes us along the Santa Fe Rail Trail on a sunny spring day hike. In 2020, Sky Railway was born from the ashes of Santa Fe Southern. Prominent Santa Feans came together to save the historic, 141-year-old railroad. They are Bill...

Santa Fe Scenic Train Returns to Life as Sky Railway

Santa Fe Scenic Train Returns to Life as Sky Railway

The Santa Fe Scenic Train is operating again. Formerly the Santa Fe Southern Railway new owners have rebranded and brought back to life as the Sky Railway. In 2020, Sky Railway was born from the ashes of Santa Fe Southern. Prominent Santa Feans came together to save...

Rio Grande River Gorge Bridge March 28, 2022 Mavic 2

Gorge Bridge 03-28-2022

The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge", is a steel deck arch bridge across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles northwest of Taos, New Mexico. Roughly 600 feet above the Rio Grande River, it is the tenth highest bridge in the United States. During...

Casa Santa Fe March 2022 Mavic 2 Pro

Casa Santa Fe March 2022

An overnight spring snow storm blankets Santa Fe homes in 5" of much needed fresh snow. Around 600 AD, Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) settlers established farms and small pueblos in the Santa Fe area. These settlements endured until about 1325 AD, when a disastrous...