17 May 2011
Riding through the mountains of New Mexico was pretty cold. It was beautiful though. We rode through Lincoln NM, which apparently was very prominent with Billy the Kid, and the whole town was old western style.
Smokey the Bear looks like he did something bad, so I'm scolding him. We stopped by Capitan NM for some breakfast. The place was the Smokey the Bear Restaurant. It turns out that Capitan is the birthplace of Smokey the Bear. We saw pictures of this young bear with bandages. We assumed that he burned himself trying to put out a fire and started telling other people that only THEY could prevent forest fires because he had crippling memories that prevented him from doing it. In reality, I later found out that he was a real bear cub that was burned in a local forest fire. He was taken care of and then became the mascot for forest fire prevention.
We passed through this area called the Valley of Fire. For miles, it was nothing but black volcanic rock. The area was very similar to Mordor.
We finally reached the Very Large Array and had a fantastically nerdy time checking it out. They can move the arms of the array in and out for different purposes. When we visited, it was a fully extended day which made photographs more difficult.
After geeking it up, we hit the road for a campsite in Datil NM. Riding through the desolate open plains towards the mountains made both of us think of the movie Red Dawn. Eventually we set up camp and had a pretty cold night considering the cold front and the fact that we were at 7400 feet.
Riding through the mountains of New Mexico was pretty cold. It was beautiful though. We rode through Lincoln NM, which apparently was very prominent with Billy the Kid, and the whole town was old western style.
Smokey the Bear looks like he did something bad, so I'm scolding him. We stopped by Capitan NM for some breakfast. The place was the Smokey the Bear Restaurant. It turns out that Capitan is the birthplace of Smokey the Bear. We saw pictures of this young bear with bandages. We assumed that he burned himself trying to put out a fire and started telling other people that only THEY could prevent forest fires because he had crippling memories that prevented him from doing it. In reality, I later found out that he was a real bear cub that was burned in a local forest fire. He was taken care of and then became the mascot for forest fire prevention.
We passed through this area called the Valley of Fire. For miles, it was nothing but black volcanic rock. The area was very similar to Mordor.
We finally reached the Very Large Array and had a fantastically nerdy time checking it out. They can move the arms of the array in and out for different purposes. When we visited, it was a fully extended day which made photographs more difficult.
After geeking it up, we hit the road for a campsite in Datil NM. Riding through the desolate open plains towards the mountains made both of us think of the movie Red Dawn. Eventually we set up camp and had a pretty cold night considering the cold front and the fact that we were at 7400 feet.
that bear looks so innocent or like he would start fires. I am so confused now.
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