
On the way Sunday morning |

Rio Grande Gorge State Park
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Bridge over the canyon |

Deep gorge |

Bridge closeup |

Sagebrush and rugged terrain
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Boundary fence |

Mountains and clouds across the valley |

Long straight road through the desert |

Road and bridge across the gorge |

Patches of snow in the shade
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Approaching Taos |

Phil in motel bedroom |

Motel bathroom |

Sunday evening sunset, part 1 |

Sunday evening sunset, ;part 2 |

Five Star burgers restaurant |

Restaurant closeup
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Big burger |

Burger with lettuce ketchup and pickles |

Dessert |

Phil, Billy, Jordyn, Ellen, Pebbles and Debbie
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Monday morning at the ski area |

A deep valley |

Wide easy run |

Teri and Phil on Monday morning
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The base area viewed from above |

At the base on Monday morning |

Phil, Billy, Debbie and Ellen |

Near the top of the lift
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Steep ski runs along the valley |

Deep snow and trees |

Wide open area on Monday afternoon |

Ellen, Debbie and Phil
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Debbie and Billy |

Billy resting Monday afternoon |

Long traverse back to the base |

Ellen on the lift
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Ellen, Debbie and Billy on the lift |

Teri's Monday afternoon photo stop |

Jordyn taking a snowboard lesson |

Debbie and Ellen's photo stop
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Jordyn with a snowboard instructor |

At the base on Monday afternoon |

Debbie, Phil, Billy and Ellen |

Teri, Debbie, Phil, Billy and Ellen |

Dense trees |

Midmountain restaurant |

Boundary rope |

Debbie, Ellen and Billy near the top of the lift
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Jordyn with her snowboard at the end of the day |

Mexican restaurant
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Mexican dinner on Monday evening |

Enchiladas and rice |

Soda, chips and Mexican food |

Big Mexican dinner |

Fries and a burger |

On the way to the base area Tuesday morning
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Teri and Phil on the parking lot shuttle |

Base area sign
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At the base on Tuesday morning |

Phil near the top of the lift |

Tall skinny trees |

Teri's Tuesday morning photo stop
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Wide flat traverse |

Wide open area |

Phil and Debbie on Tuesday afternoon |

Jordyn back on skis with Ellen and Phil |

Phil and Jordyn on the lift |

Teri and Ellen on the lift |

Ellen, Jordyn and Phil on a long traverse |

Ellen and Jordyn on Tuesday afternoon
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Returning to the base |

Jordyn's photo stop
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Skating area at the base |

Chinese restaurant
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Billy, Jordyn and Ellen at dinner Tuesday
evening |

Teri and Debbie at dinner |

Jordyn with fortune cookies |

On the way to the ski area Wednesday morning |

Not much traffic |

Arroyo Seco neighborhood
|

Winding
access road |

More snow at higher altitudes |

Approaching the ski area |

Ski area sign
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Debbie on the parking lot shuttle Wednesday
morning |

Phil on the parking lot shuttle |

Teri on the shuttle |

Phil at the base lodge Wednesday morning
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View from the base lodge |

Wednesday morning at the base lodge |

Returning early from the ski area |

Returning early, part 2
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Strange roadside stuff |

Taos city welcome sign |

Wet city streets |

Clearing skies
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Sagebrush Grill bar |

Sagebrush Grill interior |

Jesse Wayne band playing Wednesday evening at
the Sagebrush Grill |

Pebbles, Ellen, Jordyn, Debbie, Billy, Phil and
Teri at dinner Wednesday evening
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Wednesday evening dancing |

Sagebrush Grill menu |

Pebbles and Ellen at dinner |

Ellen, Jordyn and Debbie
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Phil and Teri at dinner Wednesday evening |

Watching the band |

Wednesday evening steak |

Pebbles and Ellen after dinner
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Wall decorations |

Landscape painting |

Strange stuff at the corner |

Sagebrush Inn sign
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Teri and Phil on Thursday morning |

Wide open steep slope |

Thursday at lunch |

Icicles and fresh deep snow
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Phil resting near the trees |

Skiing down a wide open slope |

Thursday afternoon valley view |

Teri's Thursday afternoon photo stop
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Deep snow in the trees |

More fresh snow |

Snowy traverse below the clouds |

Snow on the trees
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Long straight run |

Ski area welcome sign |

Parking lot shuttle |

Leaving late Thursday afternoon
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Local restaurant |

Inside the Italian restaurant |

Pebbles and Billy |

Thursday dinner Italian restaurant menu
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Spaghetti with red sauce and green sprinkles |

Unusual Italian food |

Personal pan pizza |

More unusual Italian food
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Spaghetti with fancy seafood |

Teri, Jordyn, Billy, Ellen, Pebbles, Debbie and
Phil |

On the way to the ski area Friday morning |

Friday morning on the lift
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New snow on the trees |

Phil on the lift Friday morning |

Teri on the lift Friday morning |

Foggy Friday with fresh new snow
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Phil on a wide easy slope |

Windblown new snow |

Teri and Phil on the lift Friday morning |

Valley next to the lift
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View along the lift looking uphill |

Phil and Teri closeup |

Clearing skies near the summit |

Frosted trees
|

Teri's Friday morning photo stop |

Phil's Friday morning photo stop |

Deep valley and snowy trees |

Lots of rime icing
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Friday lunch at the lodge |

Fresh new snow under the trees |

Sun shining on the windblown drifts |

Steep mountain range
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Icy view |

Wide open area |

Teri on Friday afternoon |

Photo stop near the ice covered trees
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Scenery returning home |

Rio Grande Gorge State Park sign |

Bridge across the gorge on Friday afternoon |

Near the end of the bridge
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Quiet parking lot |

Roadside snow |

No traffic |

On the way back to Nebraska
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Friday evening sunset |