Kitty's Adventures in New Mexico

Kitty got to go on the UW geology field trip to New Mexico over spring break. He got to do lots and lots of fun stuff and see lots and lots of neat things!


Kitty has his backpack ready to go!

He even has a mini-caribiner!

Here's his new pocket knife and snack!

Kitty plays pool at the KOA in Raton, NM.











Kitty overlooks the crater at Capulin Volcano.

Wow! What a view!

Kitty reads all about the creation of the volcano.

Kitty is very close! This volcano isn't extinct yet!

Kitty collects volcanic samples, outside the park of course!

Kitty looks at dinosaur footprints at Clayton State Park.

Wow! They're big!

Scott poses with Kitty at Carlsbad Caverns.

Look at these neat formations!

Kitty knows what this looks like. Naughty Kitty!

Kitty looks cool while having lunch in the caverns!




Kitty finds neat fossils in the Guadalupe Mountains!

Kitty ponders a cactus.

Wow! What a view!

Silly Kitty! He's hiding in a cactus!

Kitty finds a snail shell all the way up here!

Where did the snail go!?

Kitty is amazed by the great views up here!

Scott poses with Kitty on some salt flats.

There he is!

Wow! It sure is desolate!




Kitty sits on a sand dune at White Sands National Monument.

It sure is neat!

Scott holds Kitty on top of a sand dune.

Wow! It sure is high up there!

Kitty buries himself in the sand! Silly Kitty!

Here is a short video of Kitty rolling down the sand dune. What fun!

Kitty poses at Three Forks Petroglyphs National Recreation site.

I wonder what this means?




Kitty stops at a rest stop for some water.

Oh no! Kitty should have read the sign!

Kitty looks at the ONLY Tyrannosaurus Rex footprint in the world at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron.

Kitty sure is glad this dinosaur is extinct!

Kitty points to the KT boundary (white line) in Cimarron.


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