I made it, 10 months later

Where did I made it to? Ojito Wilderness! I wrote about it in this blog last May and made it a priority.

I picked this season to avoid the heat one can find there, and timing was perfect! It is as gorgeous as I hoped. You are alone in this vast territory surrounded by silence, beauty, and peace. It seems in the middle of nowhere but it's very close to Zia Pueblo whose land surrounds the Wilderness. The area with the best rock formations and colors is not far from the winding road, the only one through the Wilderness, and an easy walk, but it feels you are in another world. The sun was shining and a cool wind made everything just perfect.

I was with my oldest New Mexico friend who introduced me to the secrets and beauty of this state. I was in heaven. We haven't traveled together for quite some time, life kept us too busy. As we began our road trip we both felt as if we never stopped traveling together. Back to the old days, it was so nice.

Not much to do in the evening in that area so we decided to visit a local winery,

Ponderosa Winery

taste their wines and buy some bottles. One helped us go through the late evening, after a good hamburger at Los Ojos Restaurant&Saloon. No other choice anyway! We also checked-out a couple of new-ish B&Bs in Jemez Springs, both a great and unexpected surprise, worth the trip.

For breakfast we decided that the Cuban Cafe in Cuba was worth the drive. I love that place, very firendly people, good family New Mexican food.

Back on the road for a fantastic off-the beaten track tour. I only found one website about the place I intended to see, unfortunately with bad directions! Never mind, we loved it and we go back with better directions soon.

Dirt roads, small village-like groups of homes and trailers, cows, horses, and ghost towns. I was so excited to have found such a place. After long drives, picture stops, and giggles I suddenly forgot about the world's bad news and realized that I again found MY New Mexico! The reason I moved here and the feeling that this was my home. For sure it's not for forest lovers!

 

It is the particular dry land, dry cholla, the horizon that never ends, shacks that tells the story of a better past, blue skies with amazing white clouds, silence, magnificent rocks that makes my heart beat at a fast pace.This is the place where I feel one with Mother Earth!