Searching for Val Kilmer (Galisteo)

With Val Kilmer's new CD playing in the background, I went through guidebooks and maps to plot my course to Galisteo. The music and Val's voice are excellent, although the lyrics are a tad obscure.
The trip to Galisteo was extraordinary. Route 25 runs almost east to west around the southern border of Santa Fe. Go west and it turns to go south to Albuquerque, about 40 miutes away. Turn east on Rt 25 and it goes toward Las Vegas (NM) and Patrick Swaize's ranch, about 40 minutes away. I drove east and 30 minutes later, turned south onto US 285.
The view changed dramatically into breathtaking surreal sculpted landscape. You would need the granddaddy of all panoramic cameras to capture a fraction of its' beauty. I finally understand why so many photobooks and landscape paintings of New Mexico are of enormous panoramic views. It's the closest you can come to capturing the actual experience.
Only 30 minutes from Santa Fe and it is like visiting another planet.