| My route |
| The stereo pictures |
During the first week, I meandered south through New Mexico to Guadalupe and Carlsbad National Parks. My route was:
| Date | Day | Night |
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| 14th | Drove from Breckenridge, CO, south on I25 to Ratón, NM | Camped at Sugarite State Park |
| 15th | Visited and hiked Capulin Volcano National Monument | Camped at Conchas Lake State park |
| 16th | A frustrating day. Drove to Santa Rosa and attempted (unsuccessfully) to find the "Site of Coronado's Bridge" near Puerto de Luan which was mentioned in Places to Go in New Mexico and on the "Historical Marker" signs. Next stop was Ft. Sumner to visit the site of the fort but it was closed on Tuesdays. Blowing off New Mexico, I drove to Guadalupe National Park, TX. | Camped in the RV campground because I didn't have a tent (and was classified as an RV) and because the tent campground was full |
| 17th | Hiked the Tejas Trail to the Bowl Trail. Stopped at the summit of Hunter Peak and saw a herd of mountain goats with some kids (baby goats). Returned via the Bear Canyon Trail where I was rattled at by a rattle snake. | RV campground |
| 18th | Climbed Guadalupe Peak. | RV campground |
| 19th | Visited the site of the Pinery Butterfield Stage Station Ruins. Hiked the McKittrick Canyon Trail to Pratt Cabin, the Grotto and Hunter Line Shack. Drove to Carlsbad Caverns, NM, and did the walking tour. | Camped on BLM land |
| 20th | Took the Kings Palace guided tour at Carlsbad. | BLM land |
For the second week, I meandered north through New Mexico and Utah to Canyonlands National Park. My route was:
| Date | Day | Night |
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| 21st | Drove north through Carlsbad and would have stopped at the Living Desert State Park but it was raining. Continued west to Smokey Bear Historical Park, and through the Valley of Fires National Recreational Area. | Really cheap motel in Socorro |
| 22nd | Explored Kelly ghost town ruins south of Magdalena. Visited the National Radio Astronomy Very Large Array site. | Motel in Monticello, Utah |
| 23rd | Drove to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park and got a campsite. Hiked the Elephant Canyon Trail. Attended a very lame ranger program. | Campground |
| 24th | Hiked the Lost Canyon Trail. The ranger program was much more interesting: Powell and his expeditions through the Grand Canyon. | Campground |
| 25th | Got a 4WD backcountry site in Salt Canyon and hiked the Peekaboo Trail back to Lost Canyon. | Campsite |
| 26th | Drove to Lavender Canyon and hiked to Cleft Arch. | Camped on BLM land |
| 27th | Drove back to Breckenridge for more skiing. |
All the pictures were taken with a Nimslo 3D camera purchased from Reel 3D. This camera takes four half-frame 35mm images per picture. The outer two frames for each picture were then scanned with a no-name slide scanner. I wrote some custom software (1) to scan for the black borders which surround the half-frame on the 35mm image and extract only that image, and (2) to align and crop the left and right image pairs. I then used Gimp and the stereoscopic.scm plugin to create the anaglyphs, and the netpbm tools to stitch together the cross-eyed pictures.
Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico | ||
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| View of central vent |
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| View from Crater Rim Trail |
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas | ||
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| View from Tejas Trail on route to Bowl Trail |
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| View from Tejas Trail on route to Bowl Trail |
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| View from Hunter Peak |
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| View from Hunter Peak |
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| View from Hunter Peak |
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| Myself and the marker on the top of Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas (8749 feet) |
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| Ruins of Pinery Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail route |
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| Grotto on the McKittrick Canyon Trail |
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| Grotto on the McKittrick Canyon Trail |
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| Hunter Line Shack on the McKittrick Canyon Trail |
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| Ruins at Hunter Line Shack on the McKittrick Canyon Trail |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico | ||
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| Stalactites |
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| Ceiling formation |
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| Ceiling formation |
Smokey Bear Historical Park, Capitán, New Mexico | ||
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| Smokey's grave |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array, New Mexico | ||
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| One of the VLA antennas |
Canyonlands National Park, Needles District, Utah | ||
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| A pool of water in the streambed in Lost Canyon |
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| A pool of water in the streambed in Lost Canyon |
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| A view through trees on the Lost Canyon Trail |
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| A view through trees on the Lost Canyon Trail |
| Photos copyright © 2004 David E. Bodenstab |
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