Tent Rocks trails

You live and you live in New Jersey and then you go back to the desert for a few days and realize how much you missed the lack of greenery. Did that ever happen to you? Probably not, but may be you can understand how I feel when you don't see an old friend for the longest time, and when you finally meet, you realize what you were missing and how much!

Tent Rocks was one of a few things this week that made my trip hundreds of times more worthwhile. Located just about an hour northwest of Albuquerque, park opens at sunrise and closes at sunset, there's a 5 mile dirt road to get to the trail end, 1.2 miles hike up the slope towards the canyon trail end and 1.5 miles of steeper canyon trail to get to the top of the vista and enjoy desert views.

These are the formations that caused the name of the place:



These are views from the bottom of the lower trail:





And then you can't resist taking shots of rocks and dried twisted trees. The essence of the desert wouldn't be the same without them for me: