Fall Classic The Cattle Round Up

The annual classic of rounding up cattle from the high mountain country is here - frost in the morning and the promise of snow soon means the ranchers are moving cattle to lower ground.

My heart celebrates the Long Walk

In 1864 the US Government forced members of the Navajo and Apache tribes to walk over 400 miles from their tribal lands to the Bosque Redondo. A soldier has left his/her Purple Heart on a monument there.

It's Chili Rista Time!

Green chili is being roasted at roadside stands and the red chili ristas are hanging to dry. These are at the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque.

Salinas National Monument Morning Shadows

Morning shadows provide a welcome to the mission at Quarai, part of the Salinas National Monument. Founded in 1629 under the name of Immaculate Conception by Fray Francisco de Acevedo.