WILLIAMS LAKE
Williams Lake is an alpine lake. To get to it, your hike starts above the Taos ski valley (trail head is located at the Bavarian Lodge). It's a lovely hike, but it does take you to an elevation above 11,000 feet. Takes your breath away and breathtaking all in one!
This lake is located just below the highest mountain peak in New Mexico: Wheeler Peak
WHEELER PEAK
And, that, my friends is Wheeler Peak. It is the highest peak in this state at 13,161 feet. I've yet to make the trek up there. All I can muster up is the hike up to the lake! I THINK about it, but it takes some planning and hardiness to execute that. Click on the link I provided and it will take you to a topo map and you can see where Williams Lake is in relation to Wheeler Peak.
WILLARD SALT FLATS
Also, here in New Mexico, we have the Willard Salt Flats. It is off of highway 60 east of Mountainaire and it goes on for a few miles. Great spot for photography. Sometimes cattle get stuck in the mud there and perish. Not a pretty sight to run in to, but certainly a part of life.
WINDOW JUST BEYOND THE WATER
Do you see it? Do you see that window that is just beyond the water? Not to mention all the 'wildflowers' in bloom. And, that just might be a wisteria on the right side of the picture (in the middle).
Well, that's a walloping serving of "W's" for today, don't you think?
14 comments:
Oh, you're full of wonderful Ws for the W Day, Paula!! What great captures. Always enjoy your posts and photos and always get some smiles and grins and giggles as well! Hope your week is going well! Enjoy!
Sylvia
Great photographs Paula...I'm heading Taos sooner than I planned...
Wonderful shots of gorgeous scenes for W day. Carver, ABC-Wed. Team
a marvelous collection of W's. the salt flats is interesting..i think i have seen one from the plane.:p
So many wonderful "W" shots!!
Great W's, Paula. We have a Williams Lake here in BC! It's in our "cowboy country" area.
Leslie
abcw team
Wonderful W's and some great photos Paula. We have two sons and a daughter-in-law who live in BC's "cowboy country" fifty miles west of the Canadian Williams Lake in Chilcotin country. They don't 'cowboy' though, - they make and sell gorgeous wooden wedding rings.
The blue in each pic attracted me.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Love all your W's Paula. I definitely know I have to visit New Mexico sometime. It looks fascinating but I don't think I will be hiking those mountain altitudes any time soon.
Beautiful shots, will be in Colo next week visiting our Son and his family. They live in the mountains where the air gets pretty thin!!!Beautiful lake.
Ann
All of those photos are stunning!
White Eggplant
Rose, ABC Wednesday!
What a great and beautiful landscape! The shape of that moon indicates that this photo is taken in a place not far from the equator. Is that true?
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Wil, ABC Team.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful places I've never seen before! Your photos are lovely.
@ Wil: we are not close to the equator at all. That mountain peak is over 13,000 ft and I have the zoom cranked up all the way on my camera-that might be why it looks like a moon viewed from a location close to the equator.
That's the best I can do by way of explanations!
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