Taos Fall Photo Trip

We were trying to time our trip to northern New Mexico for peak fall color. While I don't know that we hit peak we did get some fantastic color, and the weather was perfect, too.

We got an early start - we were on the road by 6:00 am, and didn't get to Taos until lunch. We did stop along the Rio Grande near Taos, as that was the first real hit of color that we saw. The Rio Grande is much different this far north compared to our usual neck of the woods.

We had a nice lunch in Taos, then took off to drive the Enchanted Circle - a pretty stretch of highway that circles Wheeler Peak in the Carson National Forest.

The trees had the most color (and leaves) at about 9000 ft, but there weren't always pull outs on the road to get out and enjoy. What was available was still very nice!

We got back into Taos just in time for dinner, and with all that driving (and stopping for photos), I turned in pretty early. We also knew we needed to get back for laundry and to get ready for the next week, with a 6+ hour drive home. We were on the road by about 6:30, and since we took the scenic route through the mountains back home, took a bit longer than the way there.

It was cold in the mountains - they had already had their first snows for the winter, and nighttime lows were in the low/mid 20's. We drove most of the Enchanted Circle with the windows down. The sun was warm but the air was crisp - perfect!

Cheers,

Marc