Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in New Mexico
A little hiking, a lotta driving (6,680′ <-> 9,820′ elevation) Staying in Raton, New Mexico, at 6,680′ elevation, just 8 miles south of Raton Pass, the highest point of the Historic Santa Fe Trail (and border with Colorado). Getting here we found ourselves driving on the actual historic route quite Read more
Yesterday Texas, Tomorrow Arizona Today we just hung around Grants, New Mexico, doing chores and…not much else. We did have a beautiful drive here yesterday, north through central New Mexico. We made a Green Chili Cheeseburger lunch stop at the Owl Bar and Café in San Antonio, New Mexico, discovered Read more
Last Stop in Nuclear New Mexico! Yesterday we got up at 6:00 AM to attend the Trinity Site Open House! The Army did a great job hosting it. Eight Security Soldiers checking 8 vehicles at a time going in, great parking management, plenty of porta potties, plenty of buses to Read more
While we do a lot of our route planning around visits to National Park Sites (and State Capitols, etc.), we try to leave time for other sightseeing. The Bonus Sights around Grants, New Mexico, were AND…Hopefully our last SNOW!!! Five nights in Grants, and it only Snowed, a little, the Read more
And Snow in Los Alamos! We had a little snow on our afternoon visit to Los Alamos, or should I say visits…the 20th and again yesterday, the 24th. So, we didn’t walk around as much as we might have, but we did visit the Manhattan Project NHP (#36-Revisit) – Los Read more
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