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 5.
See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026.
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| Top of a Southwestern Ponderosa Pine and the Moon |
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| Ponderosa Pines in the morning light |
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| Ponderosa Pines and the mountains in morning light |
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| Ponderosa Pines, the mountains, and a building in morning light |
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| Looking up at a Ponderosa Pine |
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| Ponderosa Pine stump, with sap that might be being decayed by a fungus |
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| Ponderosa Pine sap (solidified) |
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| Ponderosa Pine sap droplet (solidified) |
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| Ponderosa Pinecone and needles (the Southwestern subspecies of ponderosa pine has needles in bundles of three. It is also the only ponderosa pine subspecies in the area) |
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| Ponderosa Pine sap |
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| Landscape, mostly Ponderosa Pines |
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| A rushing river |
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| Cool shale on the shore of the river |
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| Cool!!! |
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| The mountains in the evening light |
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| The evening light illuminating an incinerated Ponderosa Pine woodland |
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| The tallest peak of the nearby mountains with a cloud above |
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| Beautiful |
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| Ponderosa Pines and sunset clouds |
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| Sunset Ponderosa Pines |
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| Incredible |
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