Valley Of fires, Carrizozo, New Mexico

We left Taos, NM and visited the bridge over the Rio Grande river gorge about 5 miles out of Taos.   We drove all day to reach the Valley of fires in Carrizozo, NM.  We made it to a spectacular campground.  It is  a National Rec area campground and at half price for golden age cards is $9 per night with electricity and showers.  The weather is terrific, we signed up for 3 nights.  It has a paved trail thru a lava field that was formed 3000 years ago.   It was formed by lava flowing from a vent in the earth not a volcano.  The black lava rock covers the whole valley.   Here is the photos of the Rio Grande and the Lava field.

Find our camper in the campground