{"id":2493,"date":"2014-04-17T17:03:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T21:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2014-04-20T18:01:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T22:01:44","slug":"new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/new-mexico\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m then in New Mexico where I visited two sites even I had very few time to hit the road to the Baja.<\/p>\n<p>The first one is a small State Park called City of the Rocks. an area of about one mile long by half a mile large where hundreds of eroded rocks make pinacles where it&rsquo;s allowed to camp. I arrived at Sunset end enjoyed the last rays of light&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1. On the road, just before arriving at City of the Rocks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5845b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2125\" alt=\"_DSC5845b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5845b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5845b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5845b-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5845b-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Sunset on the pinacles&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5849b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2127\" alt=\"_DSC5849b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5849b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5849b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5849b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5849b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. &#8230; and sunrise the next morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5859b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2128\" alt=\"_DSC5859b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5859b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5859b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5859b-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5859b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. A real labyrinth!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5866b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2130\" alt=\"_DSC5866b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5866b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5866b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5866b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5866b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. First light on dry grass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5869b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2132\" alt=\"_DSC5869b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5869b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5869b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5869b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5869b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Where VivaLaVida camped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5868b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2131\" alt=\"_DSC5868b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5868b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5868b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5868b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5868b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7. California quail, spectacular but not easy to approach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5878b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2133\" alt=\"_DSC5878b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5878b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5878b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5878b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5878b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then went to a site where about 800 years aga, indians used to live in cliff houses.<\/p>\n<p>8. Short stop in the charming town of Silver City<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5944b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2136\" alt=\"_DSC5944b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5944b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5944b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5944b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5944b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9. Arrival on the site of Gila Cliff Dwellings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5951b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2137\" alt=\"_DSC5951b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5951b.jpg\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5951b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5951b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5951b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10. Bowl created by crushing of grains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5952b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2138\" alt=\"_DSC5952b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5952b.jpg\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5952b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5952b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5952b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>11. Wall were partially closing the overhangs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5961b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2139\" alt=\"_DSC5961b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5961b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5961b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5961b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5961b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>12. &#8230; to create rooms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5973b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2141\" alt=\"_DSC5973b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5973b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5973b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5973b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5973b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>13. &#8230; sometimes really high in the cliff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5989b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2144\" alt=\"_DSC5989b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5989b.jpg\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5989b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5989b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5989b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>14. Another view of the interior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5965b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2140\" alt=\"_DSC5965b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5965b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5965b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5965b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5965b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>15. It&rsquo;s one of the largest sites of cliff houses with le Mesa Verde National Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5987b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2143\" alt=\"_DSC5987b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5987b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5987b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5987b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5987b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>16. I slept a few tens of miles away in a beautiful mountain pine forest at nearly 6,000 feets above sea level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5992b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2145\" alt=\"_DSC5992b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5992b.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5992b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5992b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC5992b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thats&rsquo;s it for today. There will still be an update on my road crossing Arizona before offering you the story of our trip to Baja&#8230; \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m then in New Mexico where I visited two sites even I had very few time to hit the road to the Baja. The first one is a small State Park called City of the Rocks. an area of about one mile long by half a mile large where hundreds<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/new-mexico\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[230,231,997,233,234],"class_list":["post-2493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-mexico-en","tag-city-of-the-rocks-en","tag-gila-cliff-dwellings-en","tag-new-mexico-en","tag-pinacles-en","tag-troglodyte-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions\/2495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}