Hiking Chiricahua National Monument
I just couldn’t help it. I walked around another bend and the view staggered me. Hiking in Chiricahua National Monument just seemed to do this to us. “Wow. Just wow.” … Read more
Southwest
Trips to New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma
One Day in El Paso: Our Itinerary
As part of our quest to see all of the national park sites, we finally made it to El Paso, Texas on Christmas Day 2019. With just one park site, … Read more
Where to Sleep in Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park is not small. In fact, at about 800,000 acres, it is slightly larger than Rhode Island. Additionally, Big Bend is located in the southwest corner of … Read more
Driving the Dirt Roads of Big Bend National Park
It was shortly after lunch when we pulled off the pavement on to one of the dirt roads in Big Bend National Park. While the temperature was a balmy 71, … Read more
Four Day Itinerary for Big Bend National Park
When we first started planning our visit to Big Bend National Park, I felt completely overwhelmed. To be fair, I suppose planning a first visit to most anywhere is overwhelming, … Read more
My Song of the Open Road
For my Song of the Open Road, I am taking a bit of a different direction and I hope you will indulge me. In my American Literature class, I assign … Read more
Great Basin NP: An Alpine Oasis in the Desert
Great Basin National Park is not a place that you will run across accidentally. You have to want to go there. And you should want to go there. Mountains, caves, … Read more
Crossing Nevada’s Wide Open Spaces
“There’s not a lot out here in Nevada.” “Nope, there sure isn’t.” That was our conversation driving from Lee Vining, California to Caliente, Nevada. That and will we have enough … Read more
Visiting the Flagstaff Area National Monuments
Today is an important day. It’s June 8, 2017, the 111th anniversary of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The law gave the President of the United States the ability to … Read more
Three Stops on Route 66 in Arizona
Our seven-week road trip through the American West started with us driving from Woodstock, GA to Yosemite National Park (in California). Our route west includes about 1,900 miles of Interstate-40, … Read more