Hiking & Camping in Ironwood Forest National Monument | Tucson, AZ | December 2023 While everyone we stayed with insisted that we could stay ‘as long as want’, and that we are ‘always welcome’, Midwest hospitality still runs through our veins and we felt we had to break up our visits to avoid overstaying our…
Visiting Tumacacori National Monument | Hiking the Anza Trail from Tubac to Tumacacori | December 2023 For our time in Arizona this month, we obviously wanted to spend time with friends and family around Tucson and revisit some favorite places, but I also had a short list of places that I wanted to visit that…
Hiking in Coronado National Memorial | December 2023 We were in a bit of a rush to get to Tucson due to the prospect of going on a backpacking trip along a portion of the Arizona Trail with Mitch, Alex, and Henry – our friends in Tucson. Unfortunately, the trip had to be canceled due…
Winter Migration Road Trip, Day 9 | Lordsburg, NM to Wilcox, AZ | Sandhill Cranes in Wilcox | November 2023 Today was our last full day on the road, since we planned on arriving in Tucson the next day in time for a weekend hike with friends. Our plan for the day was to enter…
Winter Migration Road Trip, Day 8 | Fort Stanton, NM to Lordsburg, NM | White Sands National Park | November 2023 As we were leaving Lincoln National Forest and the Sacramento Mountains and descending into the valley, we were met with one of my favorite views in New Mexico: an expansive valley view with mountains…
Winter Migration Road Trip, Day 7 | Caprock Canyon, TX to Fort Stanton, NM | Hiking & Camping in Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area & Historic Site | November 2023 After leaving Texas, we entered New Mexico and took US-70 West. We remembered this route as being one of our favorites back when…