A well traveled trail starting at the Ski Santa Fe parking lot. An hour and fifteen minutes to the Rio Nambe at trail 400 to Nambe Lake.
The first 30 minutes is a moderate uphill grade. The remainder is slightly downhill to the Rio Nambe.
Trail 400 continues another hour and a half to alpine Nambe Lake.
At the southern end of the Moreno Valley lies Black Lake, New Mexico, a quiet natural lake where Paulette and I watched for elk, waterfowl, wild turkeys and black bears. It also became Montana for portions of the classic Lonesome Dove miniseries.
I headed north with an old chainsaw for my son and cameras for myself. What followed was a rainy September journey through the Rio Grande Gorge, Taos Canyon and Angel Fire, where autumn aspens and a remarkably calm flock of wild turkeys turned an ordinary errand into a very special day.
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