The 2006 Travels of Richard n Shirley

The dam is quite interesting in the way it is continuing to be formed.
This is a closeup of the water coming thru the dam. The dam is formed by hot springs and the mineral deposits brought up from below. Over time a dam was built that is holding back the Jemez River. Its not a large dam but it is natural and worth the trip.
Here she is getting into the car after we took the photos below the dam. That is the dam in the background. We are closer than it appears. The car has just over 150,200 miles and running fine. Its worth about $250.00 a month for every month we have it. It has a few front end dings but the paint is good and it has been kept repaired so the car is paying us back. Anyway, its worth $800.00 max. We kept it over the 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII we had. A simple matter of cost of upkeep.

This is the other photo Shirley took of the water above the dam.

We went on down the road and came to the Soda Dam. The above is the water upstream that is being blocked by the dam.
We continued our drive on NM4 and came to the battleship rock by the road. It looks like a battleship bow to me.

The bow as it appears from the road. We have driven higher in the mountains and now we have pine trees vs mainly cedar trees. The view of the mountains with their different mineral colors and formations is worth the trip. There is more to come on down the road. See the photo link for all the pictures we have taken on this day trip.