| Back to camping on my birthday weekend I was able to grab two more photos. Traveling up to the conejos river area there are two routes, each of which held a photo I needed. One in Tierra Amarilla (which I could have gotten on the Blue Spruce trip, but had totally forgotten about it until we were passing by the town, and I had forgotten the original photo in order to view the correct angle), and one in Ojo Caliente. I was driving up to meet Jim for this trip. On the camping trips that I don’t have a Friday off, we have decided that Jim will go up early and I will meet him after work. This ensures we get to go, as when we wait to leave until 4pm it is likely in our area to encounter strong afternoon winds which prevents us from departure. I was able to identify this photo by see the T.A Hotel, and guessing that the T.A. stood for Tierra Amarilla, (a moniker often used for this town) and GOOGLE street viewing the town and identifying the building by its architecture. The photo in Tierra Amarilla was an easy get, just detour off the main highway, snap the photo and travel on another little road that lead right back to the highway. I was disappointed again that I could not obtain the photo without a vehicle in front of it. There were several abandoned buildings in the town that I would have loved to photograph, but I had been driving a while and was getting anxious to get to the campground. |
