Adventures with Rango @wastelandparadisse - Tumblr Blog

About this time of year 3 years ago I set out to search all of New Mexico for an elusive frog.

The thing I was not expecting to find was that New Mexico is dazzling and can be only be truly appreciated in person. I mean to say person because New Mexico feels like someone you once knew.

Here I caught the sharp last light cut through a winter storm and brighten this cliff side and single ridge line.

See the same view point in summer here:

https://www.summitpost.org/brazos-cliffs/726069

Remembering being in SF in January where I watched surfers catch waves in the rain. There is something calming and magical about a cold, rainy beach that always make me feel at home. Also these surfers are legit

#rainydaybeaches rainydaysurfing ileftmyheartinsanfrancisco

Thank you to everyone who supported me and watched me give a talk on my PhD research at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2018 in San Francisco, CA. I had a wonderful time sharing with a wonderful group of scientists!

#sicb2018 #scienceisawesome #white nose syndrome #bat conservation

Adventures without Rango...In Panama looking for the Panamanian Golden Toad

We got home to Reno to find snow storms! Horray for snow!

Another Highway 80 stop in the sierras, coming back from Monterey. This area is called big bend...

Spending the weekend in Monterey for Halloween was spectacular...it was warm all day long

Highway 80 is full of great roadside stops from Reno to Roseville....

A wonderful Sunday afternoon at Lake Tahoe in late October. We are so lucky to be here

You should definitely see Lake Tahoe at sunrise

Last camping trip of the fall...this wilderness area near Lake Tahoe is my secret retreat

Last day in Albuquerque. We stopped at Santa Fe Brewing’s new location in town. It was a spectacular end to a wonderful trip...Goodbye New Mexico. I’ll be back soon

#santafebrewing #chickenkillerbarleywine

My first bat adventure! I explored Fort Stanton Cave in New Mexico

Fall is here and we are so welcoming to the crisp air and the memorizing color changes. I could spend all day outside in the Fall...every 5 minutes a different world of color changes...

#fallcolorsmakememadwithjoy