Where am I? -- Volume I

[Rick Quinn]

OK, Rick.....my other guess was the Colorado River.

Donna

Nope! That's strike two!

I'll give y'all another clue: even though it might not look like much in those two photos, this is one heckuva BIG RIVER!

Rick

[Utahtea]

There are quite a number of large lakes in Missouri - Truman, Table Rock, Mark Twain and Lake of the Ozarks being the top 4 for size.

OK, Rick.....my other guess was the Colorado River.


Donna

I think that's a good guess! I'm with Donna!

Utahtea

[Southwest Dave]

Is it a section of the Rio Grande ?

Dave.

[Utahtea]

Before I move onto my own thread of Petroglyphs and Pictograph challenge, I’ll start with a “Where Am I” that was brought on by a memory because of Rick’s story about Canyon de Chelly.


This adventure took place in 1995 before we had a digital camera so these pictures had to be scanned and the quality isn't as good.

First picture was taken from our campsite with our old 24 ft Winnebago Motorhome and the Jeep we rented for that day’s adventure.




Second picture is of the creek we crossed over 60 times traveling the 13 miles to get to our destination.




Third picture is as we approach our destination.



Forth picture is a rock formation at our destination but it was not the main attraction!




I didn’t want to make it too easy so I can give more clues if needed. Where Am I!


Utahtea

[Rick Quinn]

I think that's a good guess! I'm with Donna!

Utahtea

Nope, nope, and nope. Revisit my comment about this one being a BIG River!



Rick

[Rick Quinn]

Is it a section of the Rio Grande ?

Dave.

You got it, Dave. I thought for sure everybody would pick up on that BIG RIVER business, but you were the first, so you be the winner!

Rick

[Southwest Dave]

It was a guess but based on a hunch, having travelled along a stretch of it around Big Bend NP last year.

[DonnaR57]

I was offline for awhile, but the Rio Grande would have been my next guess. I've seen the "Big River", in a few places. The first time was when we crossed from Brownsville TX into Matamoros Mex when I was a kid. My dad commented, "Some big river! It isn't even as big as Thorn Creek!" (a creek in the suburbs of Chicago). The next time was crossing it on I-40, which we did several times, and then when we were in Albuquerque for a couple of days in 2010 (I think), we hiked along it at the Nature State Park. Then of course you drive next to it on I-10 going through El Paso. I wasn't impressed by it there, either -- still looked rather small at that point. Finally, one drives close enough to it on the 25 through NM, which we've now done a couple of times. (Elephant Lake comes to mind, as a dammed up Rio Grande.)

Rivers, of course, have one thing in common: they get dammed to create lakes, or lock and dams make river travel a little more difficult (or easier, depending on the season). This makes them get smaller in places, or larger in others.


Donna

[Rick Quinn]

Donna:

The two pictures of the Rio Grande were taken in New Mexico, one near Hatch (of chile pepper fame), and the other where US 60 crosses it north of Socorro. The only thing "big" about it is the name, "Rio Grande" in Spanish meaning "big river." Funny thing is, in Mexico, they don't call it the Rio Grande, they call it the Rio Bravo, which means "furious river." Can't say as I blame them for being mad. The gringos stole all the "dam" water!

Rick

[Rick Quinn]

I didn’t want to make it too easy so I can give more clues if needed. Where Am I!


Utahtea

I love that hoodoo--it's like a three-dimensional valentine heart! But I have no idea where it is. Somewhere in southern Utah, but I can't even say that for sure. How about that other clue?

Rick