We spent a delightful week (our very first) visiting this ski town last year at the peak of the summer, and will be returning again this year in late September. Not being skiers, we find that time is the perfect season for camera nuts like us.
Before planning this year's activities, it's a good idea to review last year's photos to see what we enjoyed most about that trip. The highlights we'll repeat and attempt to enhance, if not recapture, that special ambiance.
Driving from Texas to Angel Fire necessitated a stopover in Lubbock, with a brief visit with a brother and his family--always eventful in itself. We allowed an extra day to drive to our time-share (Sun Lodge Condominiums) in order to tour a site my husband had long wanted to see, but which I thought would be boring.
Mt. Capulin Volcano
Boy, was I wrong! The extra day allowed us to arrive early in the day before steam vapors began to rise from the desert plants. Actually, that's an exaggeration. With an altitude of
it's somewhat cooler than Central Texas weather that we are accustomed to and much lower humidity, which helps to make it more bearable. The experts tell us:
Nestled in the Cimarron River valley in New Mexico's northeastern corner, just miles from the state's northern border with Colorado and about 210 miles northeast of Santa Fe, Folsom typically sees mild to moderately warm and usually dry weather in September, when the town's average monthly temperatures range between 76°F and 48°F, and rainfall totals average just under 2 inches for the month. On the day of the race (Sept. 25), the average high is 74°F and the average low is 45°F.What's this about a race, you may ask. Aha, little did I know before I began sharing the first highlight of last year's vacation that we could be in store for the last highlight of this year's trip to that delightful little volcano:
Folsom, NM • Sunday, September 25, 2011
Course map
Now for a few photos from last year.
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| Approaching the volcano from Folsom. |
Flora and Fauna:
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| Ladybugs were everywhere. |
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| Unknown white flower. |
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| Red flower. |
The Vista from the volcano's peak:
The Crater from the peak:
