Comments on: Wide-open spaces at Valles Caldera, New Mexico http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2009/01/15/wide-open-spaces-at-valles-caldera-new-mexico/ Travel stories, world music, travel books, and a close peek at unique destinations. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Zippo http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2009/01/15/wide-open-spaces-at-valles-caldera-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-774041 Zippo Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:58:10 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/?p=749#comment-774041 This is an Amazing place. It is now a National Preserve! www.vallescaldera.gov It used to be a private ranch up until 2000. There is a wealth of New Mexico history in this place. Geologists from around the world come here because it is the model of a "resurgent caldera". What you see just from the road is just ONE of the SEVERAL expansive valleys within this preserve. The Valle Grande is 6,000 acres! and the whole preserve is 89,000 acres! You can drive down INTO the caldera Fri, sat, and sunday 9-5 during the winter months and EVERYDAY during the summer months ( Mid may-October) There is lots to do here : hiking, fishing, interpretive van tours, wildlife tours, biking, horsebackriding, snowshoeing and cross country skiing, sleigh and wagon rides.... It truely is a gem to stummble upon! I LOVE THIS PLACE! This is an Amazing place. It is now a National Preserve! http://www.vallescaldera.gov
It used to be a private ranch up until 2000. There is a wealth of New Mexico history in this place. Geologists from around the world come here because it is the model of a “resurgent caldera”. What you see just from the road is just ONE of the SEVERAL expansive valleys within this preserve. The Valle Grande is 6,000 acres! and the whole preserve is 89,000 acres! You can drive down INTO the caldera Fri, sat, and sunday 9-5 during the winter months and EVERYDAY during the summer months ( Mid may-October)
There is lots to do here : hiking, fishing, interpretive van tours, wildlife tours, biking, horsebackriding, snowshoeing and cross country skiing, sleigh and wagon rides….
It truely is a gem to stummble upon! I LOVE THIS PLACE!

]]> By: Judy http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2009/01/15/wide-open-spaces-at-valles-caldera-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-455574 Judy Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:45:36 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/?p=749#comment-455574 I also discovered this amazing vista on a scenic drive outside of Los Alamos. It was 2000 and I thought the valley was called Grande Valley and could not locate it on the web for years. My son is graduating college in a couple of weeks and is planning a road trip and even though he was only 12 at the time he remembered its beauty and wanted to return this time around, Thank you for your post!! It helped us find Valles Caldera!! BTW-I found this site to be so spectacular I was concerned that the Grand Canyon ( another destination on our road trip) would disappoint me! Different but just as breathtaking! I too look forward to returning. I also discovered this amazing vista on a scenic drive outside of Los Alamos. It was 2000 and I thought the valley was called Grande Valley and could not locate it on the web for years. My son is graduating college in a couple of weeks and is planning a road trip and even though he was only 12 at the time he remembered its beauty and wanted to return this time around,

Thank you for your post!! It helped us find Valles Caldera!!

BTW-I found this site to be so spectacular I was concerned that the Grand Canyon ( another destination on our road trip) would disappoint me! Different but just as breathtaking!

I too look forward to returning.

]]> By: Sheila http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2009/01/15/wide-open-spaces-at-valles-caldera-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-65444 Sheila Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:14:25 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/?p=749#comment-65444 Hi Gudrun, I made through most of that day in the Jemez, remaining "unplugged," but once I started scribbling notes again it was hard to stop. Fortunately, I can't seem to find where I put them once I got home....at least I found the pictures. Hi Gudrun,

I made through most of that day in the Jemez, remaining “unplugged,” but once I started scribbling notes again it was hard to stop.

Fortunately, I can’t seem to find where I put them once I got home….at least I found the pictures.

]]> By: Gudrun http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2009/01/15/wide-open-spaces-at-valles-caldera-new-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-65264 Gudrun Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:12:55 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/?p=749#comment-65264 ooh, I have that same problem! I am not able to go anywhere anymore without my camera, hoping that I will find some fun shots that I can write about down the road. :-). So far, my husband has been pretty tolerant! ooh, I have that same problem! I am not able to go anywhere anymore without my camera, hoping that I will find some fun shots that I can write about down the road. :-) . So far, my husband has been pretty tolerant!

]]>