"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

We are planning another trip back in to the forest so we will be out of touch for a week or so; enjoy the blogs of our last few days in the Santa Fe National Forest in NM.  Happy Day to each of you.

If you like the pictures you will love the movie! My latest and greatest iMovie is now available on YouTube. You can view it at: Hummingbirds of El Porvenir Campground 14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbysajuSfvI Enjoy! Will Bradley and Kathy Martinelli-Zaun "Today is a good day to drive!" visitvango@gmail.com

My latest and greatest iMovie is now available on YouTube. You can view it at: The Stream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aPAtH1B62U Enjoy! Will Bradley and Kathy Martinelli-Zaun "Today is a good day to drive!" visitvango@gmail.com

At the end of the campground circle our campground hosts, Jerry and Fran have their camp set up with electric, sewer dump and a tank of fresh water. They invited us to dinner. We sat around enjoying drinks and snacks when   A man and woman drove up with a frantic woman who had lost her son.  She had been drinking and her story changed to her son took the truck and was going hiking and had not returned; he and his friend are 14.  Jerry called on his radio and  someone was on their way. Jerry fishes the stream each day and has caught some rainbow trout.  Fran breaded them and they are ready to be fried for our dinner. Oh my they were so fresh and tender. As dark approached so did a caravan of vehicles and search and rescue. The boys were found at grandmother's house, the woman we think was driven there. So all ended well. Fran and Kathy enjoyed Little Penguin wine in Harley Davidson wine glasses each with it's own woozie to keep the wine col...

Part of being up in the National Forest is the hiking.  We went out a few hours every day. There were some grand vistas! We met some creatures along the way too. Butterflies,  Black tailed squirrels, Western Tanagers, chipmunks, broadtailed hummingbirds, crows, Stellar Jay, and LBBs (little brown birds). Look baby cones! We came across the remains of an old homestead; if only this chimney could talk. Loved the mountain peaks agains the blue skies and the white pufferbellied clouds. Worth the climb. A spot of springs arrival to the forest! Buds ready to burst!  A cave!! Well, actually it is an overhang, but served as a great place to stop and enjoy a snack. Will climbed down and played in the stream. More beauties on the forest floor. More gazes up to the hill tops. And these two yellow butterflies found each other! A stop to rest. Pecos Wilderness! See our little cave We liked being around the trees, the mou...