A drive out through the country was super curly but not too much traffic. We set out to see rock formations along the San Andres fault and got a bonus in the Devils Punchbowl which is formed where two other faults collide. All pretty amazing when you think of the forces to cause it and the many years in the making. We met a supper enthusiast county park ranger….great to talk to or more accurately to listen to. We learned about the faults and about bugs. He has a collection of them (along with more rattlesnakes) in the visitors’ center.
Did you know, there are honey ants that store nectar in there bellies, not hives and native Americans used to eat them. Whole. Also, the big fat bright red velvet ant is actually a very stingy wasp! We saw her along the trail but he made the id from a pic.

First, there was more filming. At the San Andres fault “famous rocks” they had a crew working and an elephant. So all you movie goers, watch for an elephant in front of huge angled rock formations. Again, sure, there will only be one of those scenes used over the next few months! Then, as we drove we climbed to about 5000 feet and found snow, still several feet of it as we neared 7000 ft. A beautiful lake side campground in the national forest. It would be neat sometime. Then, we found a sign “road closed ahead, rockslide”. Bummers, we had to find an alternate route and just as we were getting close to the big horned sheep area. They have had a lot of rain and snow and now temps are rising and all is melting so slides are happening…fun stuff. Really makes one question the intelligence of all these folks with multimillion dollar homes perched on cliffs. Some cantilevered for more than three quarters of their size. Good insurance and/or lots of dough I guess.