{"id":2974,"date":"2019-04-16T17:56:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2019-04-16T17:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:56:20","slug":"rio-grande-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=2974","title":{"rendered":"Rio Grande Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tuesday April16, 2019<\/h3>\n<p>Today was a mainly a rest and planning day in Taos.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning I did a quick drive to the <em>Wild Rivers Recreation Area<\/em> about 40 miles north of Taos, where there are great overlooks of the Rio Grande and Red River gorges, followed by a quick visit to the <em>Rio Grande Gorge Bridge<\/em> northwest of Taos. The dash cam scenery was not great so I did not post the usual road video but the map below shows my route. My start\/end point is the green marker, Wild Rivers is shown by the white marker near the north and the bridge is the white marker to the west.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"flxmap-69ec9dc734510\" class='flxmap-container' data-flxmap='flxmap_69ec9dc734510' style=\"width:100%;height:400px;\"><\/div>\n<script data-noptimize=\"1\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n(function(w, fn) {\n if (w.addEventListener) w.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", fn, false);\n else if (w.attachEvent) w.attachEvent(\"onload\", fn);\n})(window, function() {\n var f = new FlexibleMap();\n f.setlocale(\"en-US\");\n f.showKML(\"flxmap-69ec9dc734510\", \"http:\\\/\\\/relativerest.com\\\/Tripmapper\\\/KMLIcons\\\/SupportFiles\\\/RioGrande.kml\");\n window.flxmap_69ec9dc734510 = f;\n});\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n<br \/>\nIn the afternoon I did laundry and planning for the rest of my trip.<\/p>\n<p>The Rio Grande and Red River meet here, at Junta Point, in the Wild Rivers Recreation Area, The top image shows the gorge cut by the rivers and the lower image better shows the confluence. The Red River is on the left.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2984\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Juntap-Point.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Grande Gorge Juntap Point\" width=\"760\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Juntap-Point.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Juntap-Point-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2983\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Rivers-Join.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Grande Gorge Rivers Join\" width=\"760\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Rivers-Join.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Rivers-Join-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nTwo other views from Wild Rivers overlooks.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2982\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Mtns.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Grande Gorge Mtns\" width=\"760\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Mtns.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Mtns-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2981\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Bear-Lookout.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Grande Gorge Bear Lookout\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Bear-Lookout.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Bear-Lookout-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Rio Grande Gorge Bridge was completed in 1965 and stands 600 feet above the river.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2979\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Grande Gorge Bridge\" width=\"760\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Bridge.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-Bridge-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nView looking south from the bridge.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2980\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-From-Bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Grande Gorge From Bridge\" width=\"760\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-From-Bridge.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rio-Grande-Gorge-From-Bridge-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday April16, 2019 Today was a mainly a rest and planning day in Taos. 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