Quemado Party

Over Sam's birthday weekend, we went camping at lake Quemado in the northern part of the Gila national forest. New Mexico is amazing for many reasons and one of them is that within an hour or two you can go from arid mountain to desert to alpine forest. Quemado was lush and lonely and beautiful. But unswimmable thanks to the presence of imported Tiger Muskies. That's weak.

Lake Quemado itself. I hate those Tiger Muskies. 

We discovered the tree of life while hiking, which was cool.

Partying

 

After a few hours of hiking we found ourselves with a view of pretty much the entire Southwestern U.S.

Please forward all correspondence to: Sam and Ben, That Incredibly Beautiful Green Valley, New Mexico