Off the road to the monastery

This is near Abiquiu off an old dirt road that leads to a Benedictine monastery by the Chama River.  When I was working on this scene, a coyote came out of the bushes in the foreground and just stood there and looked at me.  At first I was frightened, but then I realized coyotes usually don't attack people.  This was done the same day as the previous painting.