Luna Lake

Just East of Alpine nearly to the New Mexico border is a 75 acre beautiful lake at close to 8,000 feet elevation. It’s home to huge herds of elk, turkey, and a variety of waterfowl.

Campers, bicyclists, fishermen, four-wheelers, and hunters flock to the respite. It’s just off Highway 191, otherwise known as the Coronado Trail National Scenic Byway, which follows the trail of the explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, who in 1540 sought the fabled “Seven Cities of Cibola”.

Wildflowers abound during the summer following monsoon rains, attracting birds, butterflies and other flying pollenators.

The Wildlife area provides a riparian area enjoyed by osprey, bald eagle, weasels, and tree frogs.

Whatever your allure, Luna Lake offers a little bit of everything for anyone who enjoys the outdoors and nature.

February Snow

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We got a nice snowfall last week.  It came down heavy most of the day.  Not a good day to be on the road…. but we had business in Phx, so we made the trek.  We took the big truck and trudged through the blizzardy snow coming down side ways.

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It took us 3-1/2 hours to take a trip that should have taken us 2 hours, as we drove slow through the heavy snowfall… stopping along the way to pull out a couple desperate cars stuck in snow drifts.

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Despite being a little harrowing, it was a beautiful drive… very scenic with the new fallen snow… a great opportunity to get some nice new snow pix.

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Check out my Ice Whiskers post: kritterspaw.com

 

It’s Whats for Dinner

My www.krittersmenu.com has a category, It’s What’s For Dinner.  In the terms of my foodie blog… it’s what we have for dinner and recipes and ideas worthy of sharing.

On this photography blog, it’s not so much what we had for dinner… but what our fair weathered friends did, making for a photographic story of nature and the food chain.  Case in point, this blue heron in search of a meal.

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The hunt

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The target identified

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The catch

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Gulp!

It’s What’s for Dinner.