2005-09-04 – Bandelier, Caldera, Jemez
On Labor Day, I headed north of Albuquerque with my neighbor Kushal, who had just flown in from Calcutta and had not seen the US outside of Albuquerque. We took I-25 one hour north to Santa Fe, had a spicy Thai lunch that was as eye-watering as it was mouth-watering, and then cut west and south in a loop that would take us back to Albuquerque.
However, the chronology of our trip doesn’t serve the history of the geology, so I’m going to reverse it and start where we finished.
Route 550 winds through the Jemez Mountains, which sport some of the most breathtaking views I’ve found in New Mexico. The southern end of the Jemez has brilliant red rocks, ranging from a dull pottery orange to a deep, bloody red.
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