HIGH DESERT Images by Roberto Gutierrez

Fault Line aka "the crack"

Pictures by Roberto Gutierrez The Bar T Bar ranch contains a meteor crater site that is 3 miles wide and is as deep as the Washington Monument is tall. The meteor that hit earth was estimated to be 150 feet wide and weighed as much as a volkswagon bug. Since its discovery, NASA has trained numerous astronauts at the base of the crater because of its likeness to the moon terrain.

This is a great picture of Flagstaff from Meteor Crater. The far left peak is called Humphreys Peak and Ana climbed that this summer when she came to visit us at Hay Lake. The clinic I'm working at sits at the base of the mountains on the far right.

I had told my family that the drive to the fault line (the crack) would only take 15 minutes, but 1 hour later we have passed through 6 pastures 5 gates and a lot of bumpy dirt road we arrived! The fault line runs through the middle of the ranch and extends many miles to the west. This portion Wyatt is at drops at least 500 feet! We dropped numerous rocks down, listening until they came to a loud THUD after falling for over 45 seconds!!

There are many parts of the fault line that are highly exposed like this one. There is an old tale, that a cowboy working on the ranch many years ago, was chasing after a calf that broke free from the herd. The calf was at a full sprint and came to a screeching halt but the cowboy and his horse were unable to stop and plummeted over the edge.

Of course, Wyatt tells this story of the cowboy falling to his death and then decides to add years to my life by jumping over the edge!! My brother is no help either, because he encourages him by saying "Yea, I will take your picture!"

Wyatt had ventured down into this area before with an Arizona grass and range specialist and they came upon a type of grass that is found nowhere else on the ranch (340,000 acres).

Dad was able to find all kinds of really neat antique glass and cans on the pasture near the fault line. "Collector items" he would call them

Christmas in the Southwest

My cousins Kelly Jo and Beth sitting by the fire. Grandma is getting ready to say grace before we stuff ourselves full of good food

Wyatt didn't quite make it into the hug portion of this picture :)

Oh so happy!

These two lovely ladies are enjoying themselves

Its difficult to tell which one is my dad and which one is Uncle Tim!

AABP Conference

Being apart of the inaugural quiz bowl was pretty exciting... we actually I had a great time, even though we lost in the first round... as Justin would say "we took 12th place out of 25, with single elimination" :)
Anywas, I especially enjoyed the moment when we were asked to define 'AMDUCA' with Dr. V about 20 yards from us we all put our heads down in shame and Jen muttered 'shit', however under her breath didn't go so well when there is a microphone in front of your face. Needless to say the Moderator laughed it off with us, and told us we owned him a coffee for the swear word/answer :) Never again will we forget what 'AMDUCA' stands for.
Oh yeah, and those t-shirts were well liked at the Quiz Bowl, the back of the shirt read "If you can eat, we can treat it"

The conference had free dinner after free dinner, not to mention a few free drinks courtesy of AABP. Just look at those smiles

A reason to come Home

There is not a day that goes by that I don't thank God for my family. I am truly blessed to have such strong, supportive, loving people in my life that I can always count on. Thank you all Love you Wyatt

Daughter like Father :)

Who said labs can't be lap dogs :)

look at all those beautiful blondes!

Cheers!

The Gutierrez Family's idea of a weekend relaxing

Random Pics from Summer

All of these pictures were taken by my brother... so thank you in advance. This first pic is Wyatt and I overlooking the Malpais lava flow near Grants, NM. After my cousins wedding, our family headed to the bluffs to watch the sunset with wine and cheese

This a great picture of the Hay Lake pasture

Petey!

Jemma Joy was paying close attention to the squirrels ;)

Diamond G Ranch junkyard

Berto and Jen took me climbing in Jack's Canyon when they came to visit. This was pretty much a jump to nowhere but I had to try :)

Miss Dakota, taking her job very serious as always

Another beautiful shot of the bluffs, with my dad in his cowboy hat in the distance

The barn collapsed over the winter due to the snow... Wyatt hopes to make us a nice dinner table from the lumber.

Wyatt has been shoeing horses on the weekends... he calls it "his day off" :)

Ana's jump into the oblivion

July 4th at Blue Ridge

Fixing fence at Red hill

Fixing the well at Quail... seeing a trend

Mom and Dad came to visit over the 4th and Wyatt was making some homemade horseshoes for them

Everitt the otter at Blue Ridge Reservoir

Mama basking in the rays