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Five First Unitarians, Pam Bliss, Rick Held, Nancy Carrillo, Dave and Kathleen arrived on time to pop into the Craft Fair in the Old San Isidro Church before we set out walking north along the Corrales ditch on a wintry, cloudy day w/ Sandias shrouded in fog. (Not the best light for photographs.) No wind. Temps in the 40’s. We were joined by Neal & Audrey MacDonald and Johanne Ledger for part of the return walk.

We were happy to arrive at the fire in the outdoor horno at the entrance of Casa San Isidro and were welcomed by Manuel … Read the rest

Pam Bliss, Bob Haladay and Kathleen Rhoad hiked the 2.3 mile Canyon Trail (http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Bosque_del_Apache/) approaching dusk in Bosque del Apache on Sat, Nov 9, 2013. The light was autumn magical with views of the wetlands in the bosque. We were late arriving on the viewing platform for the fly in but still got to see many waves of Sandhill cranes landing on the water. Bob liked their overlapping songs.

Kathleen provided the images.… Read the rest

Kathleen Rhoad led this hike. It was a beautiful day for a hike and this area is well worth the drive. In general the terrain offers an easy to moderate hike, depending on the length of the hike. There are wonderful sandstone formations, an extensive lava field, and a natural arch with petroglyphs near by. We also paid a visit to La Ventana arch. For more information click here. And to view the scouting hike Pam and Scott went on last Feb. click here.

Five hikers went on this outing – Kathleen Rhoad, Bob Haladay, Liz Davidson, Pam Bliss … Read the rest

Pam Bliss was our hike leader. The original hike, Cave Creek Trail, is closed because of the Pecos fires earlier this summer. After driving into the Jemez, we found that the alternative hike, Battleship Rock to McCauley Springs Trail, was closed due to flash flood danger. So we seven hikers—Scott Lake, Kathleen Rhoad, Bob Haladay, Bob Liebman, Heather Gram, Liz Davidson, and Pam Bliss — winged it and went to Fenton Lake State Park. Walked for about 2.5 miles through a lovely mountain valley of the Rio Cebolla. Saw wetlands, wildflowers, cattails, a swimming critter (muskrat? beaver), and jays, and … Read the rest

There were 6 hikers (Scott Lake, Pam Bliss, Kathleen Rhoad, Heather Gram, Eliza and Mymm Ackley)  on this beautiful day, two days before the Sandia trails were closed due to fire danger. The trail head is near the Ski Area. It is a fairly gradual but constant clime toward the crest. It is well shaded for the most part with few rocky spots that present challenges. This is a great trail for a shorter day hike, well worth the travel and effort. We hiked to the crest and ate lunch near an overlook of Albuquerque. It does intersect the Crest … Read the rest

This hike was led by Kathleen Rhoad. The weather was perfect and the hike up the old US 66 route was an easy climb. Pictures contributed by Rick Held.

Here is a description of La Bajada from a government document:

lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/nm/nm0300/nm0305/data/nm0305data.pdf

La Bajada is a prominent geologic and geographic landmark in central
New Mexico, and includes trail and road traces that represent major
cultural changes resulting from geopolitical activity, technology, and
transportation. The four historically significant road alignments built to
traverse La Bajada between 1598 and 1932 follow prehistorically and
historically established pathways over the mesa. The alignments are: El… Read the rest

Attached are some March 3 (my birthday) La Bajada photos.

Kathleen

This is a scouting hike for March 13th.… Read the rest

The group hike is scheduled for March 9, 2013.

Neal McDonald, Kathleen Rhoad and Scott Lake tried to follow the exact hike in the book 60 Hikes within 60 Miles of Albuquerque (hike 54 in the new addition). We were successful up to a point but missed the turn we were supposed to take to get to the canyon floor. We know that the sites would have been more exciting if we had entered the canyon. The pictures were taken by Neal and Kathleen.… Read the rest

Eleven hearty First U’s hiked the Embudo Canyon trail climbing up and up, steep much of the way on a cold, windy day – our coldest hike to date. Pam Bliss, leader followed the horse by-pass trail in the midst of boulders nearly to Three Gun Spring Trail. The elevation in the center of the hike is 8,478′. On the way down into the canyon bottom it snowed about noon and we passed water at some boulders.

The group included: Eliza Schmid who sped ahead of the rest with her two doggies who love to strike out being seasoned former … Read the rest