Farewell, Bisti wilderness... Part 6

To look at the sunset in Bisti wilderness, click here - The sun was rolling down... Part 5

I know I promised you to come back here and explore some more of the Bisti wilderness. And... let's do it! Even more, let's go back in time... Not too far, just a few months back... From April to October... Why? From the dry season to the rainy days. In fact it was raining hard just the day before we visited Bisti for the first time and it made a huge difference with our Spring visit. We got there early in the morning and started walking towards the north side of the valley. Immediately we realized that wet clay is the hardest thing on Earth to walk on... It sticks... sticks... sticks... more and more and soon every boot weighs at least 10 pounds (I am not kidding or exaggerating)... Just look at our tracks... You know what saved us? Grocery bags! ;) We wrapped the boots before entering the clay field and... surprisingly it helped - less clay stuck ;) But.. nothing is perfect on this Earth and we still had heavy feet but kept going... we had no option but to keep walking ;)

 

The sun was rolling down... Part 5

Click here to look Into the space hatchery... Part 4

It wasn't really easy but we left unhatched aliens because we realized it was getting late and we needed to return back to our car before the darkness hid it.The sun was rolling down and we had only an hour before the sunset so... We had enough time to find our way back if we walked directly to the parking lot... But as you can guess it wasn't gonna happen...

 

In the space hatchery... Part 4

To look at the Moon landscape, click here - Can you change my ticket? Where? The Moon! Part 3 

We said goodbye to the Moon landscape (or Martian, we were unable to agree about that) and continued walking. Just a few dozen steps and everything changed, the colors returned and the hills were beaming calling us... I still believe a couple of sirens were singing there...

 

Can you change my ticket? Where? The Moon! Part 3

To see the Martian landscape, click here - Yes, I said one, right, to Mars! Part 2

One more turn and again we stopped surprised... We couldn't believe our eyes... Were we on Mars? Probably... Was it the Moon? Possible... What about Earth? Hm... doubt it...

 

Yes, I said one, right, to Mars! Part 2

To look on how our journey started click here - Can I have a ticket to Mars, please? Part 1

As I said before, it doesn't matter where you are going, everything looks different there. And when we climbed down the valley just a hundred yards from the place we started we found out it looked completely different... I mean we were staying on the bottom of the canyon but the surrounding area just wasn't the same... The colors were different, the shapes, the hoodoos... Everything was just a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

 

Can I have a ticket to Mars, please? Part 1

I think everyone dreamed of conquering space and exploring the planets. At least once, while still being a child... Have you ever thought of walking on the Mars surface and wandering around? Just looking... I definitely have... 

We discovered this place during one of our trips but didn't have enough time to really hike there so we decided to return later with only a goal to roam at this inhabitant place and explore it like a planet.... So one Saturday morning in April we started our space journey. Don't believe me? You are right, I don't believe myself either, but when I am looking at the pictures I don't believe we stayed on Earth all the time. Because it looks like a Moon, or Mars, or Jupiter but definitely not our planet...

That day we were heading to Bisti/De-Na-Zin wilderness, located near Farmington, NM. Even though we started early enough it took a while to get there so we were a bit too late, but had no chance but to start exploring. We dropped the car at the parking lot and walked in the desert, moving on the valley bed toward the hills on the right.