Bisti Badlands

Bisti Badlands/De-na-zin Wilderness.  Again, why do they call it badlands when it is so beautiful?  The answer: little to no rain. 

Magical, mystical....hoodoos and more.

We have a bunch of these badlands in New Mexico, owned by the BLM (Bureau of Land Management = Federal government).  No one lives here; well, almost no one.  One home/32 kilometers square. We fled Albuquerque and drove almost 3 hours west.  Hardly any cars on a major interstate.  

To put this into perspective: 
State of New Mexico size = 121, 200 square miles or about 315,194 kilometers squared.  
Great Britain  is about 94,000 sq. miles or 242,500 km squared
Population of New Mexico = 2 million.  
Population of Great Britain = 66.5 million.

The point?  Our state has a lot of wide open spaces.  Social distancing is no problem if you leave the city and neither speak to, nor see (other than those in a car) anyone. I'm trying not to feel guilty for leaving the shelter.

Extras: the beasts of Bisti