This is looking South down our lane from U.S. Highway 84. Everytime I come home from a crazy day in Santa Fe or Espanola I always, always take a second to take in this view. I am always kind of energized when I see these mountains.
Mark will be disappointed that I used this picture because it really doesn't capture the colors of the sandstones we look at each day. This is our view from the back porch looking North. It's the mouth and the arroyo to Canon del Cobres. This picture doesn't begin to capture the breath taking sight you find after you crest that area of red and yellow on the mountain sides. Photos of the canyon itself are for later. In the foreground is a brush and cactus filled field and then the highway is hidden (yeah!) behind it. Immediately across the road is Forestry Service road that accesses the canyon. It might be about 200yds from the house.
This photo is looking to the South from the back porch. In the foreground is the roof of our old shed, then about 100yds away the roof of a neighbor. Behind the neighbor is the Rio Chama and these mountains are at the shoreline of the river. All totalled it's maybe half a mile away at the most.
This is looking West off the back porch. On the left is my very rigged up chicken coop. To the right is our little adobe building we call the capilla (or chapel). We have hopes of restoring it sometime soon. Behind both buildings is the arroyo the a couple farms, then the ridge line that eventually becomes the dam for the Abiquiu Reservoir.
We don't see much to the East off our front porch. That's where the lane to the house is and then a field of small trees, brush, and the ruins of an old adobe structure.
