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 />
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My sister and I enjoying the changing leaves in Corrales, NM<br />
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My sis and I trail-riding in the Bosque along the Rio Grande<br />
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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 />
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Thompson's Ridge in the Jemez Mountains, Jemez, NM<br />
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Myself and lair mate Jehdin Thwei during his trip to New Mexico!<br />
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Climbing Cabezon Peak<br />
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Trail ride and cook-out with some friends in Placitas, NM.<br />
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The summit of Mt. Taylor. My head is in the way, but the elevation is 11.301 feet.<br />
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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 />
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Hannah playing in the church ruins at Jemez.<br />
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View from the side of Mt. Taylor<br />
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Getting ready to start the 55 mile Colfax Coal Rush Endurance Ride in Raton, NM<br />
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6 a.m. start to the 50 mile Caja del Rio Endurance Ride in Santa Fe, NM<br />
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View from the Tram up to Sandia Peak overlooking Albuquerque<br />
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One of the buildings at the Guadalupe Ghost Town<br />
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Taking a break along one of the collapsed volcanic veins of the Valles Caldera<br />
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The ice caves at Malpais<br />
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Ruins of a Chaco Anasazi trading outpost built on top of a mesa<br />
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Soda Dam<br />
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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 />
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Part of the ruins at Bandalier State Monument<br />
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More of Guadalupe Ghost Town<br />
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Part of the cemetery at Guadalupe Ghost Town<br />
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One of the oldest tombstones we found at Guadalupe. Even the written Spanish is spelled incorrectly. "Amalia Sandoval - died the 31st day of March in the year 1914 at the age of one year two months and fourteen days"<br />
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The grave marker of Leopoldo Garcia. See the cage thing at several very old cemeteries but no idea what it means.<br />
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The volcanic-scorched terrain at Malpais<br />
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Collapsed volcanic crater at Malpais<br />
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Trail ride and lunch at the Corrales Bistro Brewery<br />
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Werd.<br />
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A couple of my tarantulas:<br />Chromatopelma cyanopubescens - Greenbottle Blue, sub-adult female, "Charybdis" - 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 "Medusa".<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 />