New Mexico Adventures

Hi y'all! This weekend's adventures don't involve camping, sadly, as my wife is in the northeast visiting family and I'm house sitting. Since I'm in Albuquerque and really it's Tilly and I that are much more out of shape, I decided to take a hike in the nearby Manzanita mountains. I'm familiar with the geology of the the Sandias, and the Manzanitas are basically the same thanks to the tectonics of the area, so it was exciting to be able to hike through formations I'm familiar with. I had wanted to wake up early, but my wife's flight was delayed and so she didn't get into the East Coast until close to midnight our time, and then didn't get to her destination til past 1, so I didn't get to go to bed until anywhere near as early as I wanted. I managed to drag myself out of bed at 7:30 and we arrived in the parking lot of Mars Court trailhead at 8:40 am. The drive to Mars Court trailhead is actually a really pretty and fun drive. ...