ThreeStarsLoki

Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana<br />Currently Residing: Rio Rancho, New Mexico<br /><br /><br />AVP, Star Wars, 4-wheeling in my Jeep, my horses, Sandoval County Sheriff's Posse - Mounted SAR Team, tarantula keeping, Tomb Raider, hiking, climbing, exploring the ghost towns and ruins of the old west<br /><br /><br /><br />Riding out along the Rio Grande<br />

<br /><br /><br />My sister and I enjoying the changing leaves in Corrales, NM<br /><br /><br />My sis and I trail-riding in the Bosque along the Rio Grande<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Members of the Sandoval County Sheriff's Posse before the November 2012 Christmas de Caballos parade for the Marine Corp's Toys for Tots drive, Corrales, NM<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thompson's Ridge in the Jemez Mountains, Jemez, NM<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Myself and lair mate Jehdin Thwei during his trip to New Mexico!<br />

<br /><br /><br />Climbing Cabezon Peak<br />

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<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Trail ride and cook-out with some friends in Placitas, NM.<br />

<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The summit of Mt. Taylor. My head is in the way, but the elevation is 11.301 feet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A barn in the basin of the Valles Caldera, which is a collapsed volcanic crater stretching 7 miles in diameter. The last time it erupted(millions of years ago), ash and rocks were hurled as far as Texas.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hannah playing in the church ruins at Jemez.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />View from the side of Mt. Taylor<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Getting ready to start the 55 mile Colfax Coal Rush Endurance Ride in Raton, NM<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />6 a.m. start to the 50 mile Caja del Rio Endurance Ride in Santa Fe, NM<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />View from the Tram up to Sandia Peak overlooking Albuquerque<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One of the buildings at the Guadalupe Ghost Town<br /><br /><br /><br />Taking a break along one of the collapsed volcanic veins of the Valles Caldera<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The ice caves at Malpais<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ruins of a Chaco Anasazi trading outpost built on top of a mesa<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Soda Dam<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Los Ojos Saloon in Jemez. The bar stools are long-worn tree stumps and the walls are covered with old animal trophies, pelts, old rifles and old saddles. The bartenders will tell you ghost stories.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Part of the ruins at Bandalier State Monument<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More of Guadalupe Ghost Town<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Part of the cemetery at Guadalupe Ghost Town<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One of the oldest tombstones we found at Guadalupe. Even the written Spanish is spelled incorrectly. &quot;Amalia Sandoval - died the 31st day of March in the year 1914 at the age of one year two months and fourteen days&quot;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The grave marker of Leopoldo Garcia. See the cage thing at several very old cemeteries but no idea what it means.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The volcanic-scorched terrain at Malpais<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Collapsed volcanic crater at Malpais<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Trail ride and lunch at the Corrales Bistro Brewery<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Werd.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A couple of my tarantulas:<br />Chromatopelma cyanopubescens - Greenbottle Blue, sub-adult female, &quot;Charybdis&quot; - She's my first T and the favorite of my collection.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sorta pet, she lived on the back of my garage door all summer<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not a pet, just happened through the living room one night<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Haplopelma lividum - Cobalt Blue, female &quot;Medusa&quot;.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Giant funnel-web type spider big enough to stretch across my palm. Also happened through the living room one night.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Solpugid aka Wind scorpion, Sun spider or Camel spider<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Avicularia metalica - Metallic Pink-toe (Green)<br />

"...we don't have a name for them..."


"Well I lost to a porta potty and a slut machine." - A Hunter's Moon