Roland Pabst, Author at Roland Pabst Photography

Chasing Color in the New Mexico Sky

October 11, 2026By Roland Pabst16 Comments

My Polar watch starts buzzing at 2:02 a.m. I get up, brew myself a coffee, and take it along for the ride. The drive to Albuquerque is wonderfully relaxing,...

“I did all this while you were watching TV.”

April 12, 2026By Roland Pabst8 Comments

At Tinkertown Museum, that sentence is not a boast. It is written on one of the signs. It feels more like a quiet truth, patiently proven over decades. Walking...

A Glimpse of Route 66 and Three Tulsa Museums

January 14, 2026By Roland Pabst8 Comments

Since the opening of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in May 2022, I’d wanted to visit it. I mentioned the idea to Jordan, Cindy’s cousin, and he...

A Symphony in F – F for Foliage, F for Fall

October 25, 2025By Roland Pabst10 Comments

There’s a reason people love fall. It’s the season when light softens, air cools, and color takes center stage. Nature turns conductor, leading an orchestra (this could be your...

🚙 Roadtrip through New Mexico (Part 3 & last)

October 17, 2025By Roland Pabst8 Comments

Part 3: Shifting Sands, Pistachio, Aliens and Outlaws If you missed Part 1 and 2 – here is Part 1, Part 2 White Sands – A Sea of Gypsum...

🚙 Roadtrip through New Mexico (Part 2)

October 9, 2025By Roland Pabst4 Comments

Part 2: Ancient Caves and City of Rocks If you missed Part 1 – here it is Gila Cliff Dwellings – Walking with the Mogollon Built in the late...

🚙 Roadtrip through New Mexico

September 30, 2025By Roland Pabst6 Comments

Part 1: Stars, Science, and Silver City How do you introduce New Mexico to Europeans? Do you begin with its vast desert skies, so clear they make you feel...

A Day at the Rodeo in Mountainair, NM

July 21, 2025By Roland Pabst12 Comments

Mountainair, Torrance County Just about 1.5 hours south of Santa Fe lies Mountainair, a tiny town of under 1,000 nestled at roughly 6,500 ft (2000 müM) elevation, with the Manzano...