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:…
Socorro, NM to Tucson, AZ | Driving through the VLA and over the Continental Divide | Hiking the Catwalk in Gila National Forest | November 29, 2021 We awoke on Monday just knowing that today would be a great day. We only had 6 more hours of driving to reach Tucson, and we had a…
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…