We started our day at the White Sands National Monument, which is in between Alamogordo and Las Cruces. It was a gorgeous day to visit White Sands. Plus it was also one of the National…
White Sands, Space and the Dog Canyon Trail
Category: New Mexico
Sitting Bull Falls and Oliver Lee State Park
Today dawned another cold and foggy day, can't seem to get rid of the cloud cover hanging over the Carlsbad area. We had planned to check out the Sitting Bull Falls recreation area in spite…
Carlsbad Caverns
Today we went to the Carlsbad Caverns. We woke up to rain and cloudy conditions. The caverns are a constant 56 degrees with 90% humidity, so, what better way to spend a bad weather day…
Bottomless Lakes and Brantley State Parks
The next stop for us was the Bottomless Lakes State Park outside of Roswell, NM. These lakes were formed by naturally occurring sink holes. And no, they're not really bottomless. There are a couple that…
The Blue Hole and Billy the Kid
We started our South Eastern New Mexico journey in Santa Rosa, NM. Santa Rosa dubs itself the city of natural lakes. The Blue Hole is their most famous as it is one of the most…
Far North East New Mexico
Join us on our tour of a number of back roads in the north east corner of NM... We started the day at the Capulin Volcano. The Capulin Volcano is a national monument and is…
Sugarite Canyon
We took Ms. Wynn up to the northern part of New Mexico, almost to the Colorado border. Spent some time hiking in Sugarite Canyon. Sugarite Canyon is in Raton, NM and is one of…
Mt. Taylor – The Gooseberry Springs Trail
Mt. Taylor is in the northwestern part of New Mexico, outside of Grants. It's the tallest mountain by far in that part of the state. There are two trails in the Mt. Taylor area Gooseberry…
El Malpais and El Morro – National Monuments in NM
El Malpais and El Morro are national monuments outside of Grants, NM. El Morro is a small area and you can easily see everything in a few hours. Then head to the El Malpais area…
Angel Fire – Elliot Barker Trail
Had a couple of nice days hiking in Northern New Mexico in Angel Fire. Angel Fire is a resort town of about 1,200 full-time residents nestled in the Moreno Valley of the Sangre de Cristo…