Ute Lake State Park, Logan NM
Afternoon at Ute Lake State Park, Logan NM, May 10, 2012
Ute Lake State Park is located on the shores of a Canadian River Reservoir in Logan NM which is on US 54 about 25 miles north of Tucumcari NM.
- Verizon cell phone and broadband service - weak signal and not useable during my stay.
- Go to Ute Lake State Park website
- Locate Ute Lake State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Nights I've camped here
- Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Ute Lake State Park, Logan NM
- Image: Camped at Ute Lake State Park, Logan NM, May 10, 2012.
Crayfish Chimney
Late one afternoon I sat upon my camera case beside the path where it wound through the darkest part of the woods, down near the pond, and watched a crayfish building his "chimney," the land entrance to his underwater tunnel. He had just started to work above the ground when I first arrived. He came up through the moist black earth, carrying a ball of it between his two enormous fighting claws. Using the claws as hands, he spread the soil around the hole to form the base of the chimney. He then backed down the hole and after several minutes came up with another armful.