2003-06-21 - 2:40 p.m.
April 21st
We’re up not too early to head across western Texas to Colorado. We’re to head west from Dallas and then head northwest and cross a little portion of New Mexico. We pass our turnoff and have to find an alternate route. This takes us through giant Bluebell fields that are mind blowing! The Bluebell is the Texas state flower. They stand 6 to 10 inches tall and when in bloom, have many little flowers in the shape of blue bells that form the conical shape of the plant. We’re in the middle of wildflower season and the Bluebell's were coming on strong. We came around a turn was amazed to an entire field of Bluebells. The field must have been over 100 acres and a royal blue that rolled up and away as far as you could see!
We travel through some beautiful red rock formations and spend the night in Raton, N.M.
