Wishing You a very happy, successful, peaceful New Year on one of my photographs, taken at Bosque del Apache NWR, NM, on the last morning of 2014. There was 17 oF freezing cold and the birds were cold too. They blast off was delayed more than half an hour. On January 1, 2015, snowed in Bosque del Apache, but the Light geese (Snow geese and Ross geese) were there and there was a fantastic blast off. Because we were late and drove slowly on the icy road, we just watched it from the corner of the Lake… but least we saw that.
Arctic storm Frona caused unexpected snow covered icy road conditions, we cancelled our trip through White Sand, NM to the 8,600 feet high elevation Cloudcroft, NM and down to Artesia, NM then through Carlsbad and Pecos to Fort Stockton, TX. We photographed all morning at Bosque on the First day of 2015, then drove to the sunny El Paso, TX, then to the icy Van Horn, TX. The Highways, I-20 and I-10 were closed all day and night because the black ice and the multiple accidents on the road. Luckily we were able to find a room in Desert Inn at Van Horn, but many others had to drive back to El Paso. The arctic storm caused more icy rain and ice on the roads, so we will stay at Van Horn one more day. We are safe and were blessed on the road.