Driving from El Paso to Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas | Guadalupe National Park | Caprock Canyons State Park | December 2023 After our night camping in Pancho Villa, it was once again time to take on the beast set before us: another long drive across Texas. We planned a route that would get us…
Visiting Tonto National Monument | Roosevelt Dam | Strawberry Creek | December 2023 We woke up the morning after camping on Pinal Peak feeling grateful that it wasn’t freezing and glad we had stayed to enjoy the morning views, but also ready to drive back down to the warmth. Just another reason to love Arizona…
A Week in Tucson Visiting Friends & Hiking | Colossal Cave Mountain Park | Saguaro National Park | Tumamoc Hill | December 2023 For this trip, we planned to spend at least a week around the Tucson area, which would hopefully be enough time to see as many friends as we could and revisit some…
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 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…