Pics from the Roadtrip

View through the howling wind tunnel


Ever set free a collective gasp? Close to the high pass, we clear a bend... no sign of life for miles. The lone herdsman watched our sedan inquisitively. The Llamas gazed regally down at us from the white snow bank. The barren mountainscape softened in the presence of her inhabitants, clouds of hot breath freeze in the air.


Closer to the top, a quiet moment. the silence of the mountains is deafening. Twilight and first star take us over the pass.


Top of the pass... drunk on the altitude... stars spin and fall out of the sky.


Hot Mate melts the cold.


The equivalent of 16,000 ft. in altitude


The Quilnes Ruins: The natural fortress is topped by the chief's palace with ramparts down each ridge. The villiage steps up the middle. Walking the old paths, gazing over the valley... I wonder what eyes watched the Spanish come across the plain so many ages ago.


Cacti Can Kiss


Lunarscape wide angle.


Testing the Water


Drop Trow!


Windswept.


Flying Nate


Cody on the dunes.


Sorority Squats


Lookout


Amigas


Miles makes a fire


Incredible layers of every color


sunbaked


Dry hot wind, big sky, long shadows... Happy Nate


In photos the backdrop doesn't look real, but it is.


The Ragtag Crew


Blues on the Wing.


Wide angle cactus.


Deserts are awesome


Chilin.


I had always wanted to climb one of those mesas that looked like it was about to fall over.


Dune trodder


Silver snake carves through the sand


Hiking to the natural bridge


Wading under the natural bridge... I am really cold right about now.



Miles, this had better be your new profile picture








This was the original color, not a bad rental actually.






The same car later... dirtier, just the way I like em.






Desert Sunset



We would stop randomly along the road to climb things, throw rocks... you know, the usual.








Crazy rock formations.





Ridge Hiker