CAMPING IN GILA HOT SPRINGS - NEW MEXICO

in #photography6 years ago (edited)

Gila National Forest

This past April I went on a road trip with a couple of friends in New Mexico.
We started our trip at Gila National Forest and camped at the hot springs.

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The Gila Hot Springs are located near the famous cave dwelling in the Gila River Valley.

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The hot water from the springs are drawn into 3 large stone hot tubs.
Very nice to skinny dip in at night when no one is there and the night sky is full of stars.

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Then we got tamales from this guy, great car!

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We had a good time.

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I even thought to quit smoking, but I don't think I'm ready yet.

Camera: Sony A7s
Lens: Canon - 24/105mm f4 & Hellios 44 - 58mm f2
Photos By: Alex Dimitriadis @namazu

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we stayed here when travelling through usa last year, great spot and so chilled out when we were there. beautiful place. great ones in Colorado Pagosa too, well worth a visit, thanks for the inspiration to write a blog about that trip. springs are magical

I agree, it truly is a beautiful place. I will check out Colorado Pagosa too, planning on going out there again in August. And springs are truly magical, I'm from Greece and they are everywhere in the mountains and I always liked that the ancient Greeks always had a myth associated with each one, the ancients knew something.
As I think Macaques in Japan know that too: Makak.jpg

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