Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is known for its cluster of red sandstone buttes and mesas jutting up from the valley floor. You will also recognize it as the place Forrest Gump stopped running. I had reserved a cabin on the tribal park lands for one night, followed by a Read more…
As a follow up to this post and this post, here is our new tally of things we nearly hit on the road: C’s hat – there was a small fly on the inside of my window so I opened the window to try to get it out, C gave Read more…
After we left Durango, we headed to Mesa Verde National Park, where we were going to make our second attempt at camping. It is less than an hour from Durango to the visitor center, so we went in the morning to reserve tickets for the tours they offer of the Read more…
While in Durango, we took a day to drive on the Million Dollar Highway, from Durango to Ouray, Colorado. Technically, I think the part from Silverton – Ouray is the “million dollar” part (it isn’t clear whether it is so called because of the “million dollar views” or because it Read more…
Our first stop in Colorado was Durango. We spent 3 days and 4 nights at a campground just outside the city. Alas, we didn’t camp, but stayed in a cabin with a full kitchen and a bathroom. Bliss! There was also a creek running outside our cabin (running with snow Read more…
In the last random post from the road, I listed the animals we nearly hit while driving, and I’m excited (?) to report a new one – a vulture! There were a few huge vultures on the left side of the road working on some roadkill, and we were all Read more…
Before we left home, we booked a hike with a llama. The hike was scheduled to leave from the same campground north of Taos in the Carson National Forest that we wimped out of camping in the night before. So, from our comfy hotel room in Taos Ski Valley, we Read more…
Heading from Santa Fe to Taos, via Bandelier National Monument, we had the choice between the scenic High Road to Taos and the less scenic but 1/2 hour faster Low Road. Sadly, I was outvoted and we ended up taking the faster route. I guess since we have logged more Read more…
I’m new to this blogging thing and somehow managed to delete my pretty-much-finished blog post about Bandelier National Monument, and let me tell you, it was FANTASTIC! The best blog post ever. I mean it was HUGE! But, now I have to recreate it, and I’m sure this version will Read more…
In the middle of southern New Mexico, near where they first detonated a nuclear weapon under the Manhattan Project in 1945, lies a 275 square-mile field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. There were really no hikes to do in this park, so all we did was PLAY Read more…