Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
Enough to close National Parks, delay school openings! We got to Santa Fe last Wednesday, with threats of a snow storm coming in a day, so Thursday we made it into the city. We wandered around Old Town for awhile, visiting Santa Fe Plaza, Loretto Chapel, the Cathedral Basilica of Read more
The ORIGINAL Las Vegas…Las Vegas, New Mexico Seriously…this Las Vegas predates Nevada’s by 70 years, having been established by a Mexican land grant in 1835. We just spent 4 nights here. Two National Parks in 3 days, from 2 locations! We got here on Saturday, after spending Friday (our last Read more
AND…began “Nuclear” part of our “Nuclear New Mexico” Trip Starting day 4 in Albuquerque, and so far it’s only gone into the mid 40’s over night and hit the high 60’s during the day. A bit cooler forecast for today, but supposed to hit 70 tomorrow! TOASTY after the last Read more
And more WIND!!! We spent the last 4 nights in Carlsbad, New Mexico (actually at the KOA 20 miles north). We spent the first day hanging in Lizzy in High Winds. The next 2 days we drove ~140 miles round trip / day, to Guadalupe Mountains National Park (#59-Revisit), to Read more
Isn’t weather Grand?!? We got here on Saturday and didn’t plan much for Sunday. It was laundry day, and we had to deal with our decision to cancel our imminent 5-day camping trip to Guadalupe Mountains National Park…figure out our re-route and make new reservations. Thought maybe we’d do an afternoon Read more
We did NOT leave the Snow and Cold in Arizona! We got to Silver City, New Mexico on Monday, for 5 days. Forecast was for cold and some snow starting in ~24 hours, so we made our trip to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (#185) on Tuesday. It was our Read more
And more SNOW! Not “camping in the snow”, here in Willcox, at just over 4,000′, but it was COLD! It got down to 15o one night. We encountered the snow, hiking! Two new National Parks, in 3 days, with 15+ miles of hiking Our stay in Willcox was all about Read more
And YES…it DID SNOW…twice! We had a little snow on Monday in Tombstone, and on the drive back to Bisbee, and on Lizzy upon our return. Just a little, but enough that Mark “should have” shoveled the steps…they were ICY in the morning. But the snow we woke up to Read more
Gail is so EXCITED! That’s because she’s a J.A. Jance fan. Mark isn’t, but agreed to join her on a J.A. Jance/Sheriff Joanna Brady Lavender Jeep Tour while we’re here. J.A. Jance grew up here, and one of her 3 major mystery series is based here…Sheriff Joanna Brady. Note, we Read more
Who Knew Yuma’s role in American History?!? Gail didn’t. Mark had an idea that it related to the American Expansion West. The Colorado River Crossing at Yuma has a rich history, as an important transportation and communication gateway: Events continue to occur at the Yuma Crossing that are of significance Read more