Into Valle Vidal

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=50 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="043085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Lone Mt Homestead</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lone Mt Homestead"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id280.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" New Mexico Trip 26"><U><B><IMG SRC="03b0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>     </B><A HREF="id290.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" More Hikes"><U><B><IMG SRC="02f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id292.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Ash Mt Hike"><U><B><IMG SRC="0300e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04507073.jpg"> <div>                          Into Valle Vidal</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>PART 3--VALLE VIDAL HIKES (Five Pages)</B></I></div> <div> Pg 1  Four Photos</div> <div> <IMG SRC="122ae9440.jpg" border=0 width="745" height="580" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Costilla Creek, heading into Valle Vidal from Amalia.  We drove in from Questa, and would spend 3 1/2 days back here.  Apparently it had rained here, too!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="116b2c7e0.jpg" border=0 width="812" height="638" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The drive in was cold and initially quite foggy.  We were eastbound on FR 1950, a good gravel road.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="116c8d660.jpg" border=0 width="909" height="614" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Deb enjoys the mountain view from an information station along FR 1950 west of Commanche Point.  It was still early and quite cold.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="116d92bd0.jpg" border=0 width="914" height="701" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Fog lingers along Commanche Creek, FR 1950.  We were virtually alone.   <A HREF="id292.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Ash Mt Hike"><U><I><B>NEXT</B></I></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>