{"id":821,"date":"2018-05-07T04:40:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T04:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=821"},"modified":"2018-05-07T04:40:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T04:40:21","slug":"exploring-talus-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Talus Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"1263\" \/><\/a><\/center>Based on a posting to the Los Alamos Mountaineers about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dougscottart.com\/hobbies\/SlotCanyons\/TalusCan.htm\">Talus Canyon<\/a>, we had to go explore. Just past Abiqui, at a pull out we&#8217;ve driven past may times, we discovered a fun trail and area to explore!<\/p>\n<p>We were all happy to explore the geology, great scrambling, erosional features, lizards, and solitude of the southern end of Ghost Ranch. We recommend stopping here on your way through &#8211; or as a destination on its own!<\/p>\n<p>Geology!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4405.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4389.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><\/center>Scrambling<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0716.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><\/center>Climbing<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4384.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><\/center>And a little silly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><\/center>And a few photogenic moments as well!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><\/center>It was pretty warm and very dry &#8211; not a drop to drink in the stream beds!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/a><\/center>At least we did find some nice shade every now and then:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_0705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/a><\/center>And there were a few flowers along the route:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"3079\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4386.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/TalusCanyon\/IMG_4386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"2278\" \/><\/a><\/center>And I recorded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1554520722\">Strava log..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on a posting to the Los Alamos Mountaineers about Talus Canyon, we had to go explore. Just past Abiqui, at a pull out we&#8217;ve driven past may times, we discovered a fun trail and area to explore! We were all happy to explore the geology, great scrambling, erosional features, lizards, and solitude of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=821\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exploring Talus Canyon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-mexico","category-outside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26Tpo-df","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}