My younger daughter, Mollie, and her boyfriend, Ben, by the Rio Grande River, on one of their last days in New Mexico. That is because Mollie has graduated nursing college. In fact, she is interviewing for a job in ten minutes.

But to get to this greenery amidst the scenery, I had to pass through a whole lot of desert.

And trust me, it is hotter than it looks like it might be in these river photos.

Duckies!

But getting there was a two-day drive from San Diego.

Those cliffs are huge… and smooth.

I stopped at the same rest area you have seen before, the one with the weird little caves in the cool sandstone boulder.

I spent some time on the old Route 66.

The desert can be amazing… if you like being hot.

No, that isn’t one of the little sandstone caves, it is a huge sandstone cave in a sandstone mountain.

Nature is cool