New Mexico: Lunch and Dinner off the Road

On Sunday, I had lunch here:

Turnout from the Jemez Scenic Trail (Highway 4), between Fenton Lake State Park and La Cueva, New Mexico. 

Turnout from the Jemez Scenic Trail (Highway 4), between Fenton Lake State Park and La Cueva, New Mexico

Joining me were lizards; a chipmunk; some very loud, assertive, flying grasshoppers; and a hawk overhead. 


... and dinner here:

View toward Carrizozo from Valley of Fires, off Highway 380, New Mexico

Dinner was less serene than lunch, as the gnats drove me back into my car so I could eat in peace.

I enjoyed a visual digestif as I completed my drive home on Highway 54 at dusk:

Highway 54, looking east, between Carrizozo and Three Rivers Petroglyphs, New Mexico