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I was flying up the Rio Puerco basin and I saw this "window" cut into a wall of rock. The opening is 42 ft across, see the shadow of my trike to check the size. It would be a tight fit. I flew over the window.- Winds were calm this morning and we headed straight up the Rio Puerco Valley with few scenic detours. We took a look at the mud water fall, flowing nicely from the summer rains. We continued due north for Pagosa Springs.
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- In the Rio Puerco Valley between Mt Taylor and Albuquerque, NM is a chain of volcanic plugs. On this trip I took my wingtip mounted GoPro Fusion over the tops of Cerro Nuest...
- ...t morning and had a very scenic flight following the Rio Galina and Rio Puerco back to Belen. Highlights of...Valley, La Ventana Mesa, a pair of ruins on twin mesas next to the Rio Puerco, and the "Balls."My full flig...
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- Paul and I flew from Belen to Murrow Field on the Divide (NM99), a beautiful backcountry strip on Rol Murrow's ranch in northern New Mexico. We were trashed high winds and rotors coming off of Mt Taylor. They were strong enough that I made contingency plans to divert to Pagosa Springs if it was g...
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- West of the Rio Puerco, near Mt Taylor is La Ventana Mesa with a maze of canyons connected by windows eroded in the sandstone. I first "discovered" these windows about a year ago in September 2016. When I overlayed my GPS track over topo maps, I saw I flew over La Ventana Mesa. Ventana means Wind...
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