A Morning Walk on the Malpais Trail @ Valley of Fires in Carrizozo, New Mexico

Morning is a great time to walk

the Malpais Nature Trail.

Little Black Peak erupted approximately 5,000 years ago and Lava flowed 44 miles into the northern end of the Tularosa Basin.  Visitors walk this trail into the Lava Flow.

The 1.1-mile-long loop trail 

has a gentle slope.

I see campsites in the

distance

                                   Sotol Stalks reach for the sky between the folds of Lava.

This is the biggest difference I noticed between Eric's and my April 2019 visit and today.  

Ridges of Lava next to

the trail.

Rippling contours of 

the Lava Flow 

I stepped off the trail to

walk on the Lava, as the

nearby sign recommends.

There are small caves in

the Lava Field.

I wonder what creatures

live in them.

There's our motorhome, near

the trailhead.