land of enchantment . new mexico . 2o16

blue highways and red dirt roads

post atomic dreaming

santa fe new mexico
acquired by the US in 1848 in the largest land grab since the louisana purchase, oldest capital city in the US

but first, truth or consequences

the killer bee town . wie die sonne in der nacht

lunar layover

white sands national park and missle testing range new mexico

three rivers petroglyphs . 900 – 1400 CE

carrizozo . new mexico . forgotten but not gone

sand witches

the very large array . VLA

zuni ghosttowns

casamero pueblo ruins . chacoan outlier . occupied 1000 – 1125 CE

abiquiu . 1742 tewa settlement . head of the old spanish trail

ruins of santa rosa de lima . 1740s – 1930s

the elephant in the room . tierra amarilla . along the spanish trail

three raven coffee house . before hitting the road again

puye cliff dwellings . 900 – 1580 CE

santa clara pueblo . kha’p’o owinge

the road to chimayo

potrera trading post . chimayo

mora new mexico

santa fe new mexico . pueblo settlements 1050-1150 CE .
francisco vázquez de coronado expedition 1540 .
capital city 1609 . oldest church in the continental US 1610

small jesus full price

kasha-katuwe . tent rocks national monument . coochiti pueblo

san ildefonso pueblo . turquoise clan

photo by antje . 2o16 . stormsisters forever

This post is the 6th installment of my US collection

10 years gone . the US revisited

From mountains to prairie, oceans to petroglyphs…
the southwest and the wide open road.
Come take a look with me.