Highway 64, New Mexico

We stopped on Highway 64 on the way to Taos so that Mom could take a short nap after a particularly nerve-wracking nighttime drive where we almost hit two (2) separate groups of elk and one (1) family of mule deer within about two hours. Thanks to Mom's quick reflexes, no animals (or cars) were harmed. It was scary, although it was really cool to see wild animals so close. There was a hard frost that night (it got down to about 12 degrees, we later found out), and when the sun rose, there was frost glittering everywhere. These photos are from a frozen field, at about 8 in the morning. Northern New Mexico is incredibly beautiful, high mountains, flat plains, and golden aspen trees losing their leaves everywhere.