Yesterday was beautiful day here in the northern New Mexico mountains. From Mora, we took a drive to US Hill up on the High Road to Taos. We're about a week away from all the fall colors up here. U.S. Hill is about 9,000 ft n elevation.
Up there are wild chamisa plants used in preparing yellow dye for wool. A friend of mine makes her own dyes from all natural plants [http://www.threebagsfull.biz] as well as raise all her own sheep for the wool. She is a weaver. Anyway, we drove up to get some chamisa plants so she could make some yellow dye for the wool she is taking to the upcoming wool festival in Taos.
What a gorgeous route over the mountains it is. Hwy 518 is the main road through Mora and it continues on to the west up into the mountains and ends up in Taos. Taos is on the west side of the Sangre de Christos, and Mora where I am is on the east side. The drive through and over the range is beautiful. Especially this time of year.
There were too many pictures for the blog so I put them here.
