From 9.29.26-10.5.26 my father, sister and I drove from Chicago, IL to Las Vegas, NM and back. This is part of Day 3.
See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026.
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| Landscape |
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| Cave |
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| Landscape |
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| Landscape from Las Vegas, New Mexico |
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| Madeline the Turkey Vulture plushie in front of the same landscape |
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| Pronghorn on the side of the road! Pronghorns are the last surviving member of their family, Antelocapridae. Thankfully, they are Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN red list. |
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| Another pronghorn, looking at me |
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| Looking around |
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| Extraordinarily poofy pronghorn butt!!! |
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| Looking at me again |
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| Two pronghorns! |
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| The first pronghorn, looking at me |
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| Rough Harvester Ant |
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| Many Rough Harvester Ants |
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| Note the smaller entrance hole in the upper right |
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| Rough Harvester Ants |
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| Elk aka Wapiti |
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| That's a big herd |
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| Oh, they're looking at me |
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| Spotted Cucumber Beetle in a Thistle flower |
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| Unidentified plume thistle and purslane |
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| Tree Cholla |
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| Blue Grama grass |
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| Alfalfa |
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| Alfalfa |
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| Dead cow on the side of the road. Looks like the dermestid beetles stripped it clean of flesh and left the skin |
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