Gila Mountains/Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico: May 2004

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May 21st 2004

Published: August 8th 2007

Flickr Set: Arizona / New Mexico I suppose I should write about my most favorite place in the Southwest, how I was enchanted by the spirits of Native Americans who once lived in New Mexico or all the adventure I found. But Im going to let the pictures do the talking, because trying to explain a solo road trip where I saw few people is best left unexplained!... Read Full Entry

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Stephen Paul

I grew up in a small town. I went to Uni. I started taking pictures afterwards in 2000. Several cross country road trips and 3 summers in the Sierra Nevada forced me to fall in love with the outdoors. In 2004 I began working full time, taking advantage of every free weekend and holiday while liquidating my yearly vacation for bigger trips to other countries. I especially love conifer forests and alpine mountains. I'm currently taking pictures of Kids and Models, check out my Facebook page for details! [url=ht... full info

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The Catwalk: Glenwood, New Mexico

Pure White!

Gila Lizard- notice a theme here?

Gila River, Cliffs, Campsite

Gila Cliff Dwellings

Gila Cliff Dwellings Architecture

Notice the black soot on the ceiling from the fires they burned- 800 years ago!

Petroglyphs

Gila Cliff Dwellings Staircase

Ceremonial Room

There are still lots small ears of corn on the ground, undisturbed for 800 years! Because corn has been so heavily selectively bred in the last 200 years to the 1 foot long corn cobs we know today, it was really eerie to see these ancient corn cobs that were only 5 inches long! Early domesticated corn more resembeled the grass it was bred from...

Gila Cliff Dwellings

the very wild Gila Hot Springs

3 miles, 7 river crossings (waist deep) later! pure wilderness...

do I look enchanted?

3 miles, 7 river crossings (waist deep) later! pure wilderness...

Gila Cliff Dwellings Brickwork

what craftsmanship! ANd they estimate the Mogollon only lived here for 30-50 years...

Ceremony Room

Gila Cliff Dwellings- ceremonial room from a different angle. The hearth on the left had evidence of animal, human and plant remains. The floor was littered with mini ancient corn cobs.

Black Range Scenery

Desert Dune near Carlsbad Caverns

Welcome to Texas!

West Texas Architecture

Welcome to Orla, Texas

NPS Ranger Fishing for coins

NPS ranger fishing out coins from the active pools inside the big Room. he told me there are no correlations between nationality of coins and numbers of coins in the pools! I thought maybe theres be more japanese coins. Most of the time the coins rust away into a grime that severely alters the living and active cave chemistry

Cave Formations- Like nothing on Earth

31st March 2007

Antsy
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Awesome!
Great photos Stephen as usual! I love the caverns photos the most! :)

8th September 2009

mike roland
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nice photos
excerllent im moving theree in 3010

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