New Mexico

New Mexico Trail

We left Flagstaff on the morning of the 9th August and headed through the Indian reservations towards Albuquerque, where we arrived that evening. Steve and I promptly disappeared to try and find a cake for Dave since it was his birthday the next day!

The following day we turned south and began our drive towards Texas. We detoured away from the I25 to see the White Sands National Monument. White Sands NM is a fantastic area of made up of gypsum dunes which are adjacent to a missile range, and as such is closed at certain times while the army plays with bombs and the like. Thankfully it wasn’t closed when we arrived, and we were able to go wandering off into the dunes. The sand really is almost pure white and the dunes are actually quite disorientating to walk around.

My camera struggled to expose the sand properly and also couldn’t focus very well, so most of the images are of plants and cacti which gave some contrast to the dunes.

We arrived in El Paso that evening, ready to begin the big drive across Texas which would be home for the next four days.

White Sands National Monument