Southern New Mexico Thanksgiving
Finally. After years of talking about it, Kim’s sister made her way to New Mexico in season for a chance at seeing the Sandhill Cranes at the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. While there, might as well visit the Very Large Array and other iconic New Mexico attractions including the Three Rivers Petroglyph site and White Sands. Take a look:
![Landing Sandhill crane comes in for landing.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_454,h_292/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-41.jpg)
Sandhill crane comes in for landing.
![Sandhill Cranes Cranes taking flight at sunset.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_178,h_169/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-16.jpg)
Cranes taking flight at sunset.
![Very Large Array Night Night at the Very Large Array.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_178,h_119/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-11-1.jpg)
Night at the Very Large Array.
![Bird and Mask Bird and Mask](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_225,h_151/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-22.jpg)
![Sisters Kim and Katie at Three Rivers with Sierra Blanca in the background.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_225,h_150/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-24.jpg)
Kim and Katie at Three Rivers with Sierra Blanca in the background.
![Sundial Selfie Kim makes an impromptu selfie at the VLA sundial.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_407,h_305/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-3.jpg)
Kim makes an impromptu selfie at the VLA sundial.
![Whit Sands White Sands](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_636,h_275/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-28.jpg)
White Sands
![VLA Groups A view of multiple dishes at the VLA.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_257,h_171/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17.jpg)
A view of multiple dishes at the VLA.
![Petroglyphs at Three Rivers Native Petroglyphs at Three Rivers](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_114,h_171/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-25.jpg)
Native Petroglyphs at Three Rivers
![Gran Quivira View View from Gran Quivira.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_257,h_171/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-33.jpg)
View from Gran Quivira.
![Ripples in Sand White Sands shadows...](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_216,h_288/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-32.jpg)
White Sands shadows…
![Bosque Sunset Beautiful sunset views at the Bosque.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_220,h_145/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-10.jpg)
Beautiful sunset views at the Bosque.
![Yucca at the Sands Yucca shoots abound at White Sands.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_220,h_139/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-30.jpg)
Yucca shoots abound at White Sands.
![Milky Way over the VLA The Milky Way spreads over a satellite dish at the Very Large Array.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_192,h_288/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-12.jpg)
The Milky Way spreads over a satellite dish at the Very Large Array.
![Gran Quivira pueblo ruins Ruins of the larger Gran Quivira pueblo sites.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_314,h_210/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-34.jpg)
Ruins of the larger Gran Quivira pueblo sites.
![Three Rivers Petroglyphs Three Rivers Petroglyphs](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_314,h_209/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-23.jpg)
![Dueling Cranes Two cranes come in for sunset landing.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_318,h_423/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-5.jpg)
Two cranes come in for sunset landing.
![Quarai Mission Entrance into the main Mission at Quarai.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_405,h_422/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-35.jpg)
Entrance into the main Mission at Quarai.
![More Geese! More and more snow geese!](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_227,h_135/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-17.jpg)
More and more snow geese!
![TG17-10 TG17-10](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_227,h_150/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-10-1.jpg)
![Bosque del Apache Sandhill Crane comes in for landing.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_227,h_129/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-21.jpg)
Sandhill Crane comes in for landing.
![Sunset flights Sunset flights](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_220,h_147/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-6.jpg)
![Bosque del Apache Scene Scenes of the morning flights at Bosque del Apache.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_220,h_129/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-19.jpg)
Scenes of the morning flights at Bosque del Apache.
![Katie and Kim at White Sands Katie and Kim at White Sands](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_220,h_146/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-26.jpg)
![Sandhill Silhouettes Silhouettes of Sandhill Cranes at the Bosque.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_412,h_430/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-9.jpg)
Silhouettes of Sandhill Cranes at the Bosque.
![Bosque del Apache Geese Thousands of Snow Geese takeoff early morning in search of food.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_408,h_304/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-20.jpg)
Thousands of Snow Geese takeoff early morning in search of food.
![The Xterra 115k and still running like a champ!](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_224,h_150/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-13.jpg)
115k and still running like a champ!
![Sand for Miles Sand for Miles](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_224,h_150/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-27.jpg)
![Sunset at the Bosque Sunset light illuminates cranes and geese at Bosque del Apache.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_263,h_246/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-15.jpg)
Sunset light illuminates cranes and geese at Bosque del Apache.
![VLA Very Large Array](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_369,h_246/https://k3travels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TG17-2.jpg)
Very Large Array
2 Replies to “Southern New Mexico Thanksgiving”
You know they call the Sandhill the ‘ribeye of the sky’ — their breast meat being the most tasty of all migratory birds.
We wouldn’t be shooting film to test that claim though…
Bucket list hunt for me, have to come down and visit you during season, yea?
Ha! I had no idea you could hunt them. They’re definitely a lot of them along the Rio Grande.
I still think a Klain family Elk hunt in NM would be insanely good.