Pursuing my passion

I was recently in Taos scouting out new places to paint. Returning from painting the day before I noticed a truck up on a hill outside of town that looked like a great place to paint. I wrote down about how many minutes it was from a known landmark and decided the next day I would figure out how he got up there. Good thing there was not a car following closely the next morning because the turnoff up to the hill was almost hidden by a bermed area...speed limit was 60 so I was glad I had slowed down a bit.

I was hoping I didn't loose any essential parts on the bottom of my suv as I went up the steep, rutted incline. When I got to the top I noticed it was only one lane and was wondering what I would do if someone came by after I got set up to paint. I decided I would take a chance and hopefully no one would need to get by.

I was attracted to the morning haze looking back towards Taos and of course the remaining snow in the mountains. There was a chance of snow one day while we were there and I was so excited that I got up at 2 am to check and see if I would be able to paint snow. (we don't get much snow in Dallas!) I was so disappointed when I didn't see any white stuff on the ground - the snow on the mountain tops would have to do. Can't wait to paint here again next trip!