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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After seeing a raging stream farther to the west, I rushed down to the Percha Creek “high bridge” to watch the drama! An hour and a half later… 🤣🤣🤣

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

From the valley far below, I looked up at a rock formation that looked like a perfect place for a petroglyph. Grabbed binoculars and, sure enough! I had to hike up for a closer look. The Black Range is my home.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Two-tailed Swallowtail in the Gila National Forest. #NewMexico #southwest #nature

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Great show at our local Hillsboro New Mexico Community Center last Saturday! It was so nice out that we decided to do an experiment and move the show outside. It was a great evening!

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Someone listed this creepy monkey doll on our local marketplace. 🤣😳

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

8 miles out NM 27 from Hillsboro, and only one vehicle went by, right before we got back home. Love it here! ❤️

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Great time at Bluegrass on the Arkansas in Salida CO this weekend! We played Saturday night, then spent yesterday just enjoying the music and seeing lots of musician friends perform, and visiting with local friends. Worn out and ready to head back to Hillsboro NM! #music #colorado

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We’re currently in CO playing some gigs and seeing friends, but I find myself incredibly homesick for the Black Range. This was last September in Dry Gallinas canyon.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Danger Noodle on the trail a couple of days ago. He struck at me as I went by, but he didn’t mean it. 🤣 #snake #mountainbike #mtb #colorado #salidacolorado #trail

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We live right next door to Ted Turner’s (RIP) Ladder Reserve, where there are several endangered species programs. Last night, we helped with our second Mexican Gray Wolf capture. They were crated and are on their way to MX to add to their population in the Sierra Madre. Thankful to be a part! #wolf

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A beautiful Summer Tanager came to visit our feeder yesterday! #southwest #newmexico #blackrange

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Our Desert Bird of Paradise bushes are going off, and the bees and hummingbirds are loving it!

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Overlooking Hillsboro New Mexico from a friend’s house. #southwest #blackrange

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Traditional Nuevo Mexico Música concert and dance at our beautiful Hillsboro New Mexico Community Center last night! So much fun! #southwest #newmexico #music #baile

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Mimbres River, Black Range, Aldo Leopold Wilderness, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. #southwest #hike #explore #backpack #Wilderness #river

Clear stream rushing through boulders in the forest.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Somewhere in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico. 3/29/26 #hike #explore #southwest #canyon #slotcanyon

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Feeling the need to get back on the trail. Soon! Photo: La Garita Wilderness, southern Colorado, 2023. #hike #backpacking #explore #southwest #adventure #protectpubliclands

backpacking tents in a high mountain meadow campsite, alpenglow on the surrounding mountains.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Hiking in the Black Range today. Gila NF, New Mexico. #hike #southwest #explore

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Campsite on Animas Creek, Aldo Leopold Wilderness, Black Range, Gila NF (last October). #backpacking #wilderness #hike #explore #protectpubliclands

quiet campsite with backpacking tent and chair, in the wilderness.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Great first “official” Sierra County NM Trails club group hike. We had 10 humans and 2 dogs participate. Great day!

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hiking in the Black Range today, Gila National Forest.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Trail Work Day yesterday on Emory Pass, New Mexico, with Gila Backcountry Horsemen, NMVFO, and our new chapter of the Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance, Sierra County NM Trails. Fun day, but hard work!

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hiking in the Gila, southern New Mexico.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Our other "home." I really need to get out and explore again.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

A little short from our YT page with clips from around the Southwest. Hiking and exploring is life!

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Beautiful sky today! Just a quick ride up 152 outside of Hillsboro New Mexico. #mtb #mountainbike #bike #southwest

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Today will be our third Saturday at the Hillsboro NM Farm Market with our coffee. It’s been going well! We sold out last week! Also learning how to make reels…

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Ladies Bicycle Club, Hillsboro New Mexico, 1890's. Looks like photo was taken on Elenora St., facing east.

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Morning ride up the Percha Valley, between Hillsboro and Kingston New Mexico. #bike #mtb

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Chasing waterfalls in the Black Range today. Aldo Leopold Wilderness, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. #southwest

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Wow! Suddenly the flow from our hot spring has doubled! And it’s hotter, too! (Didn’t have a thermometer to verify, but it feels several degrees hotter). Don’t know what’s going on, but I like it! #truthorconsequences #newmexico #hotsprings #southwest

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Duke Sheppard @dukelives.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Gorgeous day in Hillsboro New Mexico!