So we weren't looking for it, but when we drove by the Ghost Ranch, something said "come on in and check us out." So we did -- twice. And here are the first batch of the photos to prove it.
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| Ghost Ranch Welcomes Thistle Dew Too, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, March 2017 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
This place is interesting, enough so, that we left and came back and stayed the night (you will see that in a later post). The first thing you see (after the sign) is what was one of the sets of the movie "City Slickers". Now I have to go back and watch that movie!
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| "City Slickers" Movie Set, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, March 2017 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
Like the rest of this area, it is beautiful country. And I've grown to love the adobe houses and their spartan landscape. Makes green grass look very out of place.
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| Colorful Landscape (Take 2), Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, March 2017 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
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| I Call It Art, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, March 2017 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
This is also the research center for their state fossil, the Coelophysis. They dig them up in a large slab, and move them intact to this location, as well as multiple universities and research centers, for further investigation. I guess it beats working out in the desert sun ;-)
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| Fossil Research, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, March 2017 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
Overall we really loved the quirky nature of this place. Can you tell?
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| I Resemble That Remark, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, March 2017 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
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| Bronze Me, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, March 2017 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
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