An artist friend of mine from California, ( also known as Schwarziland), said to me once, "yea, but mountain living is too dry for my liking, I need atmosphere for my paintings": Well, dryness may be a factor in many ranges across the country, but in the Mora Valley of New Mexico it is not at all true. Mora Valley being circular, flat at the bottom; much like a bowl, surrounded by 10,000'+ foothills, and those surrounded by 12,000'+ mountians, actually send all of their melt-off, rain, moisture, etc., down their slopes right into the Mora Valley. Which is why the Mora River, Coyote Creek, and numerous other streams, all feed the "year-round" acequias throughout the entire valley.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Year round moisture in the Mora Valley
An artist friend of mine from California, ( also known as Schwarziland), said to me once, "yea, but mountain living is too dry for my liking, I need atmosphere for my paintings": Well, dryness may be a factor in many ranges across the country, but in the Mora Valley of New Mexico it is not at all true. Mora Valley being circular, flat at the bottom; much like a bowl, surrounded by 10,000'+ foothills, and those surrounded by 12,000'+ mountians, actually send all of their melt-off, rain, moisture, etc., down their slopes right into the Mora Valley. Which is why the Mora River, Coyote Creek, and numerous other streams, all feed the "year-round" acequias throughout the entire valley.
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