I got back on Friday from my geo-tour work trip of the S.W. U.S... most of these will just be scenic shots. I've broken the trip up into a few different posts to make it more manageable. We flew into El Paso and pretty quickly headed into New Mexico where it was a bit uncomfortably hot (35 C or so).
This is the El Capitan Reef... a classic carbonate reef facies that you'd see in all the text books. We didn't actually get to see much carbonate facies... pretty much just 15 minutes on the second day.
Just a close-up on this pretty cactus:
One of the trails we took started at this little house. The story is this little house was built by a guy back in the 1900s (ordered pre-fab from Sears or something like that). He advertised for a bride but when she got there and saw the place she turned around and went back home.
View down the trail towards El Paso (roughly):
New Mexico desert:
This is a roll-over fold (the curved beds on the right) that was created by layers collapsing along a fault.
This is White Sands Park. We got to drive by and see the gypsum dunes, but didn't actually get to stop. They also pointed out Carlsbad Caverns as we drove past but we didn't get to stop there either.
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