http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch www.bluemesaphotography.com Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:54:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_132" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Gathering of Nations 2010"][/caption] This gentleman is a celebrant in period regalia from the Gathering of Nations PowWow held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 22 - 24, 2010.  The Gathering of Nations is the world's largest PowWow.  To see more photos like this, visit the Blue Mesa ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=131 [caption id="attachment_117" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="San Lorenzo Canyon"][/caption] San Lorenzo Canyon is a seldom used recreation area located just north of Socorro, New Mexico.  It consists of one long canyon that is fed by a number of smaller canyons.  visitors can expect to see slot canyons, caves, hoodoos, and other geographical oddities.  ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=116 [caption id="attachment_113" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Sandhill Cranes at Bosque del Apache"][/caption] Thousands of sandhill cranes are among the huge assortment of waterfowl who return each winter to the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge in Southern New Mexico.  To see more Bosque del Apache photos, click HERE http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=111 The Tularosa Basin lies between the Sacramento, San Andres and Oscura mountain ranges in south central New Mexico, on the southern tip of the Colorado Plateau and the northern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert.  Major attractions include the mountain communities of Cloudcroft, Carrizozo, and Ruidoso, and such natural wonders as White ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=103 Palo Duro Canyon State Park is located about 26 miles south of Amarillo, Texas.  The Palo Duro is the second longest canyon feature in the United States.  It's orange and yellow tinged cliffs and lush green meadows are a welcome and startling sight after a long journey across the flat and  generally featureless plains of ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=90 [caption id="attachment_79" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Adobe Wall, Ft. Union"][/caption] The storied Santa Fe Trail is the stuff of myth and legend, the telling of which could fill a thousand-foot bookshelf.  Kit Carson, Wild Bill Hickock, Annie Oakley, "Uncle" Dick Wootton, and Bat Masterson rode up and down this trail and into the history of ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=80 [caption id="attachment_61" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mesa Verde National Park"][/caption] The Trail of the Ancients is a national scenic byway that takes travelers through four states and across millenia to visit ancient sites of pre-colombian splendor and mystery that were built upon and made one with the austere landscape of the southwest plains ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=60 [caption id="attachment_55" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park"][/caption] The Grand Circle is the designation for a highway loop that takes drivers on a grand tour of national parklands, cliff dwellings and other relics of the ancients, and the spectacular scenery that makes the landscape of the american southwest so immediately ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=54 [caption id="attachment_43" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point"][/caption] The Grand Circle is the designation for a highway loop that takes drivers on a grand tour of national parklands, cliff dwellings and other relics of the ancients, and the spectacular scenery that makes the landscape of the american southwest so immediately ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=42 [caption id="attachment_30" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Arches National Park"][/caption] The Grand Circle is the designation for a highway loop that takes drivers on a grand tour of national parklands, cliff dwellings and other relics of the ancients, and the spectacular scenery that makes the landscape of the american southwest so immediately identifiable. The ... http://bluemesaphotography.com/mitch/?p=28