Driving from Wilcox, AZ to Three Rivers, NM | Visiting White Sands National Park | Camping & Hiking in Three Rivers Petroglyph Site | January 2025 This morning, we woke up to the sound of the cranes taking off for the day. We emerged from the van to watch them take flight, and enjoyed a…
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…
Spending Christmas in Datil, NM | Hiking in the Crosby Mountains | December 2024 In order to break up the driving and avoid inconveniencing anyone over Christmas, we opted to find a place to plant from December 23-26. Since we were going to stay several days, we had some requirements for whatever campsite we chose:…
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…
Rio Grande del Norte, NM to Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO | Camping in White Shell BLM Area | Alamosa, CO | October 2024 We woke up from our last day in Rio Grande del Norte very early. Or at least, I woke up very early in order to take a work call that…
Hiking Guadalupe Mountain | Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument | New Mexico | October 2024 During our long weekend at Rio Grande del Norte, I was able to go for two different solo hikes. On our first full day here, I left Jess and Charlotte at the campground (with enough snacks and things to…