Big Day For Wildlife, 2-25-19
Yesterday (2-25-19) was a big day for wildlife viewing in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, in northern New Mexico. Shucks, it’s only a National Monument, but has populations of wildlife that rival National Parks. And this is especially so in the winter, when a variety of northern ducks and bald eagles arrive at the generally […]
Start Of Spring Along The Rio Grande, 3-30-19
Start Of Spring Along The Rio Grande. I have been keeping an eye on the Gauging Station creekbed lately, expecting that the creek would soon begin to run. A couple of days in the 70s did the trick, and today, there it was. Gauging Station Creek comes down the canyon that you cross at the […]
The Rio Grande in Rocks
Just downstream of Taos Junction Rapid, on the Rio Grande of northern New Mexico, is a group of basalt rocks that, at high water, are vigorously washed by strong currents. The sediment carried by the high water sculpts and polishes these rocks. To my eye, the sculpting of the rocks model the river’s waves, while […]
Fall Along the Rio Grande, 2017
Fall colors, bighorn sheep, brown trout and beautiful days! All photos were taken in September, October and November of this year.
“The most wonderful raft trip down the Rio Grande”
Guide Testimonial Britt Runyon, 7/29/17 “On Wednesday Susan and I took the most wonderful raft trip down the Rio Grande south of Taos. Our guide, for the second time, was our friend Britt Runyon, with New Wave Rafting. Britt has such a great love for this area, along with deep knowledge of the plants, animals and […]
Bighorn Sheep and Channel Fill
Bighorn Sheep and a “channel fill” are seen in this arresting photo by Britt Runyon (below), taken in the Taos Box portion of the Rio Grande Gorge. “What’s a channel fill?”, you say? OK, I’ll explain. But first, I need to discuss the geologic history of the Rio Grande Gorge. In this part of gorge, the […]
See Bighorn Sheep in the Taos Box
See Bighorn Sheep in the Taos Box. Many bighorn sheep, with newborn lambs, were seen on our Taos Box raft trip of 5-20-17. The sheep come to river-side at this time of the year to graze on the new grass and other vegetation. There may be no better way to come into such close contact […]
Back to the Box
We’re going again to the Taos Box, and are thrilled to have good flows for our run. We have 7 guests there today (along with some Box guide trainees). They will enjoy 80 degree temperatures, bighorn sheep sightings and maybe even see the otters, or golden eagles, or migrating western tanagers … or who knows […]