Day 1 in Death Valley National Park | 20 Mule Team Canyon | Dante View | Camping in Sunset Campground | December 2024 Today was the day that we were finally visiting Death Valley for our first time! We felt a little underprepared, as we hadn’t made any sort of reservations and didn’t know how…
Driving from Mojave National Preserve to Death Valley National Park | Hiking in the Salt Creek Hills | Visiting the China Ranch Date Farm | Tecopa, CA | December 2024 This morning, we packed up our campsite in Mojave National Preserve to continue our drive North to Death Valley. We knew we had hardly scratched…
Driving from Camp Verde to Kingman, AZ | Visiting Tuzigoot National Monument | December 2024 As if yesterday wasn’t a good enough first day back in Arizona, today started off with a long-anticipated sighting for us. We started this morning with driving over to a nearby campground/trailhead so that Curtis could find a letterbox. As…
Driving from Datil, NM to Camp Verde, AZ | Hiking Baker Butte | December 2024 After spending several days planted in the mountains near Datil, NM, we were feeling refreshed and ready to resume our drive West — and especially excited to return to our favorite state of Arizona! This visit would be brief as…
Driving from Buffalo Lake NWR, TX to Manzano Mountains, New Mexico | Bosque Redondo Memorial | Visiting Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument | Camping in the Manzano Mountains | December 2024 We began today with taking US-60 West from our campground near Umbarger, TX into New Mexico. Thanks to having all of the counties in…
Hiking in Palo Duro Canyon State Park | Camping in Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge | December 2024 After leaving Washita Battlefield in Oklahoma, we drove another hour or so into Texas to our intended camping spot for tonight. We entered the state on I-40, then drove South on TX-207. For most of the drive,…