Northern New Mexico, Part 2

The morning of Day Two held a wonderful walk with my dear brother-in-law and friend, with a yummy lunch afterwards! ❤️ 

After lunch, I hiked from downtown Los Alamos through Graduation Canyon to the Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail, where I headed west and came out at Canyon Road, then back to where I had parked Poppy. About 3 miles all told.

It was lovely! See for yourself:

Nothing like the smell of a Ponderosa Pine. Vanilla or Chocolate?

A view of my childhood playground. You can barely make out where "LA" was once painted.

Thunder was rumblin' and I did not want to end up like this tree!

Wild onion

Another view of LA Mountain, where I romped as a child. It's also known as Burnt Mountain, and since 2000, Twice Burnt Mountain!

You can kinda sorta see where "LA" was painted on the rocks in years of old.

That evening, I enjoyed tacos and beer with three of my four siblings, plus other loved ones! Afterwards, I walked over to Ashley Pond, passing The Lodge...

 

...and heading to Ashley Pond, where I met my BIL for the free Concert in the Park. Ashley Pond's geese greeted the crowd.

We listened to Nik Parr and the Selfless Lovers, from Austin, Texas.

And then – exhausted – I retired to Poppy, who was parked in the Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op's (AKA The Tub) Harvest Host spot. Woke up to sunflowers!

What a fan-frickin'-tastic day!