{"id":3384,"date":"2018-01-13T05:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2018-01-13T05:01:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:01:48","slug":"visiting-new-mexico-part-3-fall-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"Visiting New Mexico &#8211; Part 3 (Fall colors)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another nice reason to visit the Santa Fe area in the Fall is because the cottonwood are in Fall colors. \u00a0This means that everywhere you have creeks and rivers (like the Rio Grande !!) you have the cottonwood trees alongside them and then they then are completely yellow. \u00a0Now, that color is amazing against the clear blue skies at 5000 elevation and the rock colors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have a look:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3384 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3368'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2657-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2657-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2657-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2657-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3371'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2676-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2676-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2676-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2676-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3370'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2666-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2666-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2666-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2666-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3369'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2661-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2661-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2661-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2661-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3372'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2688-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2688-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2688-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2688-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3373'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2694-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2694-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2694-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2694-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a panorama to give you a feel for what it looks like when you look around:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3374\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3374\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3374\" src=\"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2678-1024x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2678-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2678-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2678-768x325.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, the colors around the Rio Grande river are amazing. \u00a0Here is view\u00a0of the river that is\u00a0narrower and closer to the Rio Grande Gorge (closer to Taos).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3384 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3392'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2072-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2072-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2072-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2072-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3391'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2066-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2066-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2066-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2066-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, when you drive towards the mountains (here the Sandia mountains) the drives through the desert landscape are terrific:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3375\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3375\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3375\" src=\"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2732-1024x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2732-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2732-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2732-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love such big sky views. \u00a0Very relaxing and then with good music playing or just no sound at all is the best way to 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