Spending a Weekend in Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument | October 2024 During our time in Colorado, we decided to take a brief intermission and dip into New Mexico. This idea came about when we were looking for places to camp over Indigenous People’s Day weekend. We wanted somewhere warmer, with more desert-like scenery,…
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…
Portal, AZ to Columbus, NM | Hiking in Portal, AZ | Pancho Villa State Park, NM | December 2023 Now that we had made the decision to go home for Christmas, it was time to begin our long drive back to the Midwest, including a new route, new counties, and new places to see along…
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…
Clayton, NM to Omaha, NE | Hiking Black Mesa, Oklahoma’s Highest Point | Visiting Mount Sunflower, Kansas’ Highest Point | December 7-8, 2021 After an eventful start to our last night of camping, we ended up sleeping very well in the back of the Subaru, and awoke to a beautiful sunrise the next morning. We…