Abiquiu

Rafting on the Chama River

Abiquiu. Have been here before so not a lot to add. What's different is all of the rafters on the Chama River on a very windy day. Also, more traffic on the gravel road to the monastery than I saw in March. Ghost Ranch and the Abiquiu Inn offer a lot of books on Georgia O'Keefe and a tour of her Abiquiu home. I have been fortunate to also have seen the one at Ghost Ranch. Bold sandstone cliffs overlook the Piedra Lumbre Valley. In the distance is the Cerro Pedernal, a narrow mesa on the northern flank of the Jemez Mountains. O'Keefe made many paintings of it; and her ashes were scattered on its top.

Cliffs as seen from Monastery Road

Flowers on Monastery Road/New since March