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"Everything's Fine Now...." Adventures in Wild New Mexico (I) + Open House Follow-up
 
 
Santa Fe, NM. Saturday, March 5, 2011 started out pretty well. We (V. & I) arose at 4:00am MST to drive down to Bernalillo, NM near Albuquerque. We arrived at our 6:00am (MST) rendezvous behind a Starbucks on SR550 to meet up with a group of photographer/hikers to head into the BLM-designated BADLANDS outside of Cuba, NM.
So far so good. We drove on.
At 8:00am we arrived at our destination: Mesa de Cuba.
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For a number of hours, hiking, exploring and photographing were the activities. I was completely absorbed in the magnificence and beauty of this remote area, scouting out photo situations & thinking about what sorts of images I was going to make.(I have spent many hours/days in badlands locations and am quite obsessed with the sort of isolated weird landscapes in these locales.)  


After a while (hours maybe?) I drifted away from my orientation points. I was lost! There I was -disoriented--in 4500 acres of hoodoos & other surreal formations. I didn't catch a glimpse of another person. Previously familiar rocks & arroyos suddenly looked totally foreign. I headed somewhat South (?), keeping my ears and eyes on alert --- finally I began to ... more

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