 |
| Panorama of Sandia from the south (click on any picture to enlarge) |
 | |
| Albuquerque is in love with outdoor activities; the city has spent a lot of time and energy in developing "open spaces" devoting 29,000 acres as preservation areas for people to hike/bike/ ride horses/ or simply to picnic at. Today, we took a hike located in Elena Gallegos Open Space, the foothills of the Sandia Mountains.We choose the Pino Canyon trail. This trail is an 11 mile trail; however, we were not that industrious; we hiked two miles in and two miles out. |
 | |
| This is memorial garden for a man that was a strong advocate of the open spaces, Phillip Tollefsrund ; he believed "this was the most beautiful backdrop a city ever had". We must agree that it is one of the prettiest! |
 |
| Going up the trail; you can see the downtown fairly well today. |
 |
| What a nice day! |
 |
| What a pretty view |
 | |
| some shade is welcomed after being in the summer sun :) |
 |
| Wildflowers |
 |
| Cactus fruit but watch out for those long thorns! |
 |
| Bumper crop |
 |
| On the trail |
No comments:
Post a Comment