Chiricahua National Monument
27 million years ago the Turkey Creek Volcano spewed over 1,200 square miles of ash (11 times bigger than Mount St. Helen) in this area…
Fort Bowie
The only way to visit the Fort Bowie ruins is to drive 9 miles of dirt road and then a 3 mile out and back…
Silver City, New Mexico
We needed a Walgreens, groceries, hardware store, WiFi, Post Office, laundry, and most important Shiny's holding tanks were chock full. We decided to live in…
Lake Valley Ghost Town
All the locals at the Caballo (CAH-BY-OH) Lake Airstream Rally told us we had to go to Hatch, NM, the Chile Pepper Capital of The…
Valley of Fires Recreation Area
The Valley Of Fires Recreation Area, in Carrizozo, NM, sits on a knoll in the middle of the Malpais (mal-pie-eese) Lava Flow. Malpais is Spanish…
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
I told Larry, when we were in Iowa City, that I wanted to go the Tallgrass Prairie. I don't know why. It just called to…
Lizard Effigy Mounds, Effigy Mounds National Monument and Pikes Peak State Park
Wherever we travel, I am drawn to ancient burial grounds. I have been very moved by the sites I visited in Ireland and the Orkney…
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Linder Point Campground
Linder Point Campground is in Iowa City, it was our destination so we could visit Sue's brother Pat and his wife Beth, her nephew Shane,…
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend is in the southern part of Texas and is along the border with Mexico. To get there, you have to drive for several…
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
The Guadalupe Mountains are among the best examples of a marine fossil reef. Isn't that amazing? These mountains are in the Chihuahuan Desert in the…