Watery Wednesday~Elephant Showers

 

An young Asian elephant, named Albert, residing at the Rio Grande Zoo, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Watery Wednesday~UNM Duck Pond

Two weeks ago Val and I did some Letterboxing in Albuquerque and stopped by the University of New Mexico’s Duck Pond to locate a letterbox. I had already found the letterbox 2 years ago, and in fact it was one of the first boxes I found when I started Letterboxing. So I offered to help Val locate it, too, as it had some tricky clues involving a compass. While we were there we enjoyed watching the ducks in the pond.

 

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Watery Wednesday~The Rio Grande

While we were down in Corrales on Sunday, I decided to place a letterbox in one of my favorite places, The Rio Grande Bosque Nature Preserve.  It’s a respite for Albuquerque city dwellers, and even for those us who live in the beautiful rural mountains above the city, because the trails travel beneath huge shady cottonwood trees beside the chocolate colored Rio Grande River.

The cottonwoods haven’t yet leafed out, but when they do, the green contrasts beautifully with the mountains, sky and river. And in the Fall, the bright yellow leaves are a stunning sight to behold.

   

At 1,885 miles long, the Rio Grande is the fourth longest river in the United States and serves as a natural boundary along the border between the US state of Texas and the country of Mexico. The Rio Grande begins it’s southward journey in the mountains of Colorado, finally ending in the Gulf of Mexico.

Many forms of wildlife call the Rio Grande home or use the river as a place to rest before continuing on their migration journeys.

These Canada Geese made me laugh. They landed noisily on this sand bar, and then became very quiet as they floated away downstream, enjoying their lazy river ride.

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