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Red River Goose Creek Trail via Las Vegas

Molly and I headed to Red River to hike Goose Creek Trail by way of Las Vegas where I stopped at Charlie's for a bag of tortillas, and a couple pastries.
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Sangre de Cristo peaks, Wheeler, Mount Walter, Simpson, Old Mike, Taos Cone...
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Sangre de Cristo peaks, Wheeler, Mount Walter, Simpson, Old Mike, Taos Cone...

  • Storrie Lake outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico
  • Hwy 518 north of Las Vegas headed to Mora
  • The Truchas Peaks in the distance. Hwy 518 just south of Mora
  • Coming into Mora. The Sangre de Cristos in the distance. Somewhere up there is a treasure chest hidden by an eccentric ex-fighter pilot and former art dealer named Forrest Fenn!
  • Forrest says if you find WWWH and follow it to the BLAZE, the treasure chest is there!
  • Turned onto Hwy434 in Mora, headed towards Angel Fire and the Enchanted Circle...oh, I will mention here that we are getting closer to Fenn's treasure chest.
  • The Alpaca Ranch just outside of Mora. The poor critters had just been sheared...do they look cold? Doubtful...I bet they feel like a huge weight was just lifted from their shoulders...and back, and behind, etc etc.
  • An old piece of New Holland farm machinery...a hay rake. I may have welded parts for this 40 years ago...seriously!
  • North of Coyote Creek State Park
  • After cresting the plateau near Angel Fire, this was where part of Lonesome Dove was filmed
  • The sign says "coming soon"...this has been there for years. I hope it never happens and ruins the beautiful scenery!
  • The first glimpse of Wheeler Peak and surrounding peaks in the distance after cresting the plateau.
  • The road twists and turns as it makes its way north between the hills.
  • Sangre de Cristo peaks, Wheeler, Mount Walter, Simpson, Old Mike, Taos Cone...
  • Zoomed in...looking for hikers on top Wheeler...too soon; gotta wait for snow to melt.
  • Molly and I exited the truck here so I could take pictures.
  • There was a lot of traffic including many motorcycles from Red River's Motorcycle Rally which is held annually.
  • Near the turn off to Hwy38 in Eagle Nest is the turn-off to Idlewild. I often wondered if it is a potential location for Fenn's treasure. I've looked at it on the map but never checked it out, until today.
  • Driving up Rt127 towards Idlewild. Looks like you could drive up to Wheeler Peak...NOT!
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