Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave
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Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave

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…

El Morro & El Malpais National Monument
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El Morro & El Malpais National Monument

Tucson, AZ to Clayton, NM | Hiking Round Mountain in Globe | Camping in El Morro National Monument | Hiking in El Malpais National Monument | Finishing New Mexico Counties | December 5-6, 2021 After saying our last goodbyes to Mitch & Emily, we left Tucson early Sunday morning heading North on AZ-77. Today’s drive…

Fort Union & Pecos National Historic Site
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Fort Union & Pecos National Historic Site

Dodge City, Kansas to Socorro, New Mexico | Visiting Fort Union National Monument and Pecos National Historic Sites | November 28, 2021 On Sunday morning, we awoke in our tent and tried to put off the moment we had been dreading all night: coming out of our warm sleeping bag cocoons and facing the brisk…