Thursday, December 24, 2009 - Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM
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Dawn at the Campground, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM, December 24, 2009
This 4 inches is more snow than I've seen since I took up this fulltiming life a few years back and it energized me to get out early with the camera. I could hardly wait for the sun to lighten the sky enough to fling photons at the camera. Kate & Terry and I spent the morning out and about taking pictures of this magical world. I set up a Ghost Ranch Series over in Photography to hang a few favorites of the nearly 500 images I shot today.
You'll find Kate's favorites at her blog, Kate and Terry-Travels in Cholula Red. Terry's blog is at Terry McM - Pictures while traveling in New Mexico.
Night camp
Ghost Ranch Campground, Abiquiu NM
- This is a basic, small campground with full hookups.
- Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are not available here.
- Locate Ghost Ranch on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Crayfish Chimney
Late one afternoon I sat upon my camera case beside the path where it wound through the darkest part of the woods, down near the pond, and watched a crayfish building his "chimney," the land entrance to his underwater tunnel. He had just started to work above the ground when I first arrived. He came up through the moist black earth, carrying a ball of it between his two enormous fighting claws. Using the claws as hands, he spread the soil around the hole to form the base of the chimney. He then backed down the hole and after several minutes came up with another armful.