El Vado is the name of one of our Northern New Mexico lakes, part of the NM State Parks, Heron and El Vado Lake State Park.
El Vado is also a place, once a lumber mill boom town for harvesting the massive forests from our area. All the old growth forest is gone now. Only 90 year old stumps remain. Stumps everywhere.
This was a good event, put on by volunteers from The Friends of Heron and El Vado lakes. Arts, crafts, guest speakers and fish put into the lake.
August 27 was the El Vado Day celebration. Same time next year. Worth the drive.
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