The highest point on the rim of the Capulin Volcano is 8,182 feet above sea level, making it 5,429 feet higher than Mt. Magazine, the highest point in Arkansas (whose summit we climbed on our summer vacation in 2012). It hasn't erupted in 60,000 years.From the windy, mile-long Crater Rim trail, we could see a few miles north to the Folsom archaeological dig site. (The rest of this comes from Wikipedia) During 1926-1928, archaelogists "found bones there from at least 23 extinct bison (bison bison antiqus) and 19 projectile points. Some of these ‘Folsom points,’ were imbedded with the bones. This discovery stunned archaeologists, changing the known arrival date of humans in North America from 3,000 years ago to over 10,000 years ago."
The Volcano is named after the Spanish name for the species of Goldenrod that grows wild on its slopes. One of the Park Rangers told us that later in the summer, the Volcano is overwhelmed by migrating ladybugs.
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Old saying about West Texas from Grandmother's family: you can see about as far as you can see.
During the Odessa years, we vacationed in Ruidoso during a ladybug migration. The boulders looked like they had been spray-painted red.
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