Somewhere around 2000 years ago an eruption took place in the Chihuahua Desert in New Mexico. Millions of tons of balck basaltic lava spewed out of the ground. Rather than forming a volcano the lava just ran across the top of the desert, forming a giant black lava flow scar 44 miles by 4 miles across the landscape. Where there was a hill the lava flowed round it. Now the lava is being broken down and populated by a variety of plants and animals.
It is on one such rocky outcrop that our campground has been built. We have a site which rises above the lava field and gives an amazing view all round. Grey/pinkish sandstone where our trailer is parked, black lava for several miles, then the foothills and mountains of The White Sands to the West, Lone mountain to the North and the Start of the Sacrmento Mountain Range to the East.
We have taken a short walk through the lava field, looking at the lava and the variety of plants that have colonised the lava. We have sat and watched a dramatic sunset and an equally dramatic sunrise.
We have very much enjoyed our short stay at The Valley of Fires.
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