Kilbourne's Hole

I'm going to go ahead and admit that I've been a bad blogger lately. Sure, my husband saved face by posting something this week, but it's pretty clear that I've kind of been slacking since all of the Christmas and New Years festivities have come to a close. That's not to say that we haven't had exciting things going on though... in fact, it has been quite the contrary. In the spirit of keeping things simple, here's the first update on what has been going on in the life of the Johnsons during the month of January. (By the way, can you believe it's almost over? Crazy I tell you!)

Lucky for us, January in New Mexico means gorgeous weather. Of course we've had the occasional chill, but for the most part it never feels as cold as the thermometer reads because it is typically sunny. We took advantage of the great weather by going out to our friend James' farm a few weekends ago. James took us on a tour of the desert on his Ranger, and we had a picnic at the site of Kilbourne's Hole. This is a historic site in our area, as it is the location of a huge volcanic crater. Call us nerdy, but we were fascinated by the layers of sediment that were visible in this ginormous hole that at one time housed a family at its base. Cody even climbed down into the crater and found some gorgeous rock. I'm no geologist, but it was green and sparkly, which made it pretty interesting to me. It was a great day of spending time with our friends, getting some fresh air, and enjoying the history of some of the natural elements of our new state.

 Kilbourne's Hole. If you look closely you can see where huge crater begins and ends.

 Zetdi and me in front of the crater

 Performing a very intense geologic study

 Amazing scenery

 James, Zetdi and Cody overlooking the hole

 Cody and the girls

Professor Johnson taking a few rock samples in the crater

Not only did we enjoy the chance to play scientists for the day, but it was pretty fun to change up our typical weekend activities and actually see something historic. We just love becoming one with nature!