I didn't get to see the Taos Gorge. I was running out of time, so I decided to head back. As I drove away from the mountain range, south on Rt. 518, the landscape opened up and it was indeed apparent that rain was in the forecast. This photo was taken near Las Vegas, NM.




By this time I was back on Rt. 25 heading to my cousin's again. Unfortunately, it was a freeway with no stopoffs, so I wasn't able to get some good shots of other interesting scenes -- such as the mist rising out of the valleys below the mesas.

But at least the rain had cleared all the bug junk off my windshield...