WHAT BENNIE'S BEEN DOING: Week 11 (New Mexico)
Part 2B: Ghost Ranch Sunday/Monday
Sunday Morning, November 11, we worshiped in the great cathedral of earth and cliff and sky as we hiked the Kitchen Mesa Trail. With light snow forecast for mid-afternoon, we started right after breakfast.
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| On the way to the Trail Head... Partly Cloudy with Blue Skies! |
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Kitchen Mesa Trail Panorama Sunday Morning
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More BIG Rocks Along the Way :)
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Remember Jesus talking about the rocks shouting the Glory of God?!
We could hear this one loud & clear!
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| It's getting cloudier :( |
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| But still partly clear the other direction :) |
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| Climbing Up, Up, Up!!! |
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| Beautiful Rest Stop on Kitchen Mesa Trail! |
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View from near the top of Kitchen Mesa
It started snowing light flurries, so we headed back down :(
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We got back to the ranch before the light snow started. On the way we snapped a few pics of the Ghost Ranch sheep :)
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Ghost Ranch Sheep
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| Ghost Ranch Ram |
After a while, the weather cleared up. David opted to stay in and read, but I headed back out to see if I could climb Chimney Rock before dark.
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| Ghost Ranch from Chimney Rock Trail |
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| Pretty Cloudy at First... |
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Eventually the skies began to clear some...
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Snow on the mountains at the horizon...
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| Pretty Clear by the time I got to the Top :) |
That said, it did start some more snow flurries pretty soon after I made it to the top, so I quickly headed back down to meet David for dinner. And, it did snow overnight... so, this is what Ghost Ranch looked like Monday morning!
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| Our cozy little Casa del Arroyo |
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Ghost Ranch Snow!
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Chimney Rock with Snow!
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Because of the snow, we allowed extra time to drive to Albuquerque to catch our plane home. Fortunately, we didn't fly out until mid-afternoon, so we made it in plenty of time with one last stop for Mexican food at Garcia's!
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| Garcia's Kitchen on the famous Route 66! |
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| Tamale, Enchilada & Taco with both red & green chili sauce - YUM!!!!! |
Unfortunately, however, a mid-afternoon flight out of Albuquerque with the time zone changes and connecting flight in Dallas, we didn't make it home until about 1:30 Tuesday morning! That said, it is always good to be back in our Old Kentucky Home :) And, Jack was so happy to be home, he wouldn't leave the shoe basket all afternoon - because shoes smell like mama and daddy!!!
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| Jack loving mama and daddy's shoes :) |
So, friends, this is the last installment of all the world traveling David and I did on this Sabbatical journey. I will write at least one more post later this week about what I have been doing since I returned from New Mexico. This afternoon I am headed to Loretto, Kentucky for spiritual direction and preparation to return to ministry this Sunday. What an incredible experience this has been - and, that is quite an understatement!
Thank you, thank you, thank you...
