Monticello Canyon Run
05-23-2011, 03:12 PM
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Monticello Canyon Run
So Mojo_JK, txnightwheeler, a young guy with a TJ from Military Jeepers, and myself decided to go up to Monticello Canyon in New Mexico for a nice relaxing day full of water crossings and great sights. Unfortunately the TJ's trip ended well before it could begin with a pinion seal giving out and his diff spitting oil all over the place. He wound up limping back home and us to continue on our way. Now to the good parts...
On our way out of T or C
Passing the T or C airstrip
Entering the town of Monitcello
txnightwheeler's and my JK's
Mine and Mojo's
Unfortuntely it's super dry here and it's taking it's toll and even small brush fires are having an impact
And then there was water!
Throughout the canyon there's spots perfect for camping out, which apparently even the Apaches used
Of course some poser shots
Our lunch spot put us half way into the trail and under this great old tree with the root system hanging out due to erosion, it made it very marshy and getting up on the root rather interesting to say the least
At the end of the canyon is the spring where all this water originates from, but required us hiking in a bit.
The spring itself was host to all sorts of life including some small trout, frogs, and this garter snake my wife picked up
On our way back we stopped to play on this natural rock ramp we saw earlier
Also on the way out we wound up passing close to three herds of deer, roughly 25-40 head per herd, it was nuts...
Overall it was an absolute blast and definitely will do the run again with maybe some camping too. We posted about 200 pictures of the trip at http://gallery.me.com/jtimbrook#1001...=black&sel=198
ENJOY!!! We did!
On our way out of T or C
Passing the T or C airstrip
Entering the town of Monitcello
txnightwheeler's and my JK's
Mine and Mojo's
Unfortuntely it's super dry here and it's taking it's toll and even small brush fires are having an impact
And then there was water!
Throughout the canyon there's spots perfect for camping out, which apparently even the Apaches used
Of course some poser shots
Our lunch spot put us half way into the trail and under this great old tree with the root system hanging out due to erosion, it made it very marshy and getting up on the root rather interesting to say the least
At the end of the canyon is the spring where all this water originates from, but required us hiking in a bit.
The spring itself was host to all sorts of life including some small trout, frogs, and this garter snake my wife picked up
On our way back we stopped to play on this natural rock ramp we saw earlier
Also on the way out we wound up passing close to three herds of deer, roughly 25-40 head per herd, it was nuts...
Overall it was an absolute blast and definitely will do the run again with maybe some camping too. We posted about 200 pictures of the trip at http://gallery.me.com/jtimbrook#1001...=black&sel=198
ENJOY!!! We did!
05-26-2011, 11:19 PM
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Looks like you guys had fun, glad everyone was safe! The trail I always wanted to do...
On a side note--talked to my mom there today, going on the new record of like 111 days without rain (or something close to that.) That's one thing I definitly don't miss! I'll take the 60's here over that any day! Sorry
On a side note--talked to my mom there today, going on the new record of like 111 days without rain (or something close to that.) That's one thing I definitly don't miss! I'll take the 60's here over that any day! Sorry