Flyboys

My brother Tom and I got up early to take some aerial photos of the family land in Pena Blanca. My brother has a Beechcraft Bonanza that is fun to ride around in.

This photo above will locate Pena Blanca for you. It is looking south from Cochiti Lake towards the Sandia Mountains and Albuquerque. It gives you a good idea of the river valley. The Village is on the east side of theRio Grande.

This photo is of the 22 acre parcel that is leased out to Fred Espinosa. You will notice all of the Siberian elm trees that we are having taken down prior to laser leveling the property for better water conservation purposes. This land used to have hundreds of apple trees, cherry trees and peach treees on it. They all perished in the extreme cold in the early 70's when the temperature stayed around -20 degrees F for three days.
This view, which shows our 18 acre parcel surrounded by trees in the shape of a square, gives you a good idea of the views from these lands towards the Jemez. Most of the land to the west of us is Cochiti reservation land. This parcel is for sale by us, so if you have 45k per acre it is yours. I don't know for sure what the value around there is, but some are selling their land and water rights for 50k an acre. It was a fun morning.