Scenes from the Pecos Mountains

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Pecos have some pretty spectacular scenery. Here are some pictures we took on Friday when we were up in the mountains to get our Christmas tree:

On a country road in San Miguel County

These pictures were taken on the county road that parallels Interstate 25 between Las Vegas, NM and Pecos, NM. Much more fun than driving the interstate.

The pictures below are kind of a mystery. If this is a descanso, it's huge. It looks more like a gravesite. If it is a gravesite, it appears to have three graves. Just behind it is I-25.

(You'll need to click on the pictures to see them clearly.)

Bloomin' New Mexico

(Picture taken near Pecos, New Mexico - unidentified flower at the roadside)

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We have never been in New Mexico in August before. So we were unprepared for what the July monsoon season brought: flowers and bushes in brilliant bloom!

We have many things we can identify and some we cannot.

Our Russian sage is in full brilliant purple bloom and attracting hummingbirds.

Butterflies are coming to our fern bush and butterfly bush.

Something called a Blue Spirea is about to burst into bloom in our courtyard.

There are other flowers here which I cannot identify as I never saw them before in Kansas.

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(Fern bush in our yard)

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(Russian sage in our yard)

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