The following post is about my recent hike at the Bisti Badlands, New Mexico, and the photographs I captured during the trip. All photos were taken with a wide angle lens (Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS). Select photos have been added to Southwest Scenery album.   Bisti Badlands The Bisti Wilderness Area (Bisti) is located in San Juan county, which is in the north-western region of New Mexico . It is currently under BLM (Bureau of Land Management) control, neighboring private Navajo lands. The area is accessed by NM State Hwy 371, which runs in between Farmington and Thoreau (Intersecting with I-40). Living so many years in and around New Mexico, I never visited the Bisti Badlands. In my mind it was always somewhere far or, according to the different reviews and hiking guides, it simply wasn’t the right time of the year to go there – too rainy, too muddy, too hot, too cold, too windy, etc. It was also never in the area of my usual travel routes. Read More