--- layout: post title: "Exploring the Jemez Mountains" date: 2019-05-10 11:11:11 -0600 tags: life categories: Blog permalink: /nomad-life-exploring-the-jemez-mountains/ video: /files/videos/2019/05/CahlenLee_20190512_ExploringTheJemezMountains/CahlenLee_20190512_ExploringTheJemezMountains.mp4 image: /files/videos/2019/05/CahlenLee_20190512_ExploringTheJemezMountains/CahlenLee_20190512_ExploringTheJemezMountains.jpg description: Today I set out on foot exploring the Jemez Mountains for a week. This area is actually on the side of an active Super Volcano called the Valles Calderas, one of the biggest volcanoes is the world. My goal is to reach a river valley many miles away on the other side of a mesa made of solidified ash. ---
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If things go really well I'll visit a hot springs and the crater itself before I head home in a week, but this first video is about climbing the mesa and exploring the area near the top edge. I came across some native ruins and some abandoned log cabins near an old quarry.