On Saturday, December 22, 2007—the night of the Winter Solstice—I climbed into the truck with Daniel, Keith, Trent, Larry, and Berni to go to Santa Fe. We saw a very beautiful ice sculpture of Santa in his sleigh with the reindeer. We took the back way home so we could see the “Christmas town of New Mexico,” Madrid. It was a very quaint town with lots of adornment and fiery barrels along the roadside. They even had a horse drawn stagecoach giving rides. When we left Madrid, an owl flew right into our truck. All we could see was a few feathers sticking up from the grill, so when we could safely pull over we stopped. What we saw was unbelievable…instead of a few feathers, it was both full wings. Daniel put on some gloves, and when he pulled the bird out it started to flap and was still ALIVE!!! It stood about 2 feet tall on the ground and was dazed, but fine. It appeared to have working wings and there was no blood. Amazing! Enjoy the photos.

November 11th--picnic and hiking at Elena Gallegos Park in Albuquerque, NM

11-5-07

A party, a midnight trip to the graveyard, and some miscellaneous pix.

Mt. Taylor is an 11,000 ft. peak outside of Grants, NM, USA. There were several different species of mushrooms as well as lots of insects and a few other animals. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of a big deer I saw napping before we scared it away.

We went on a picnic in the mountains, then we went on a small train ride by the river, and at night we lit some fireworks for the boys.

July 1st, 2007

July 27th, 2007 in Albuquerque, NM