Woke up to yet another cloudy and rainy day here in Western Oregon. Even the locals have been saying there hasn't been much else besides rain this season. We were headed to Mt Hood Ski…
Mt Hood Ski Bowl and Timberlne
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Hovenweep, Arches and Railroads
For the past couple of years we have done a month long ski vacation. We began our 2018 skiing adventure headed for our first destination the Pacific Northwest. On our road trips we typically like…
Ruidoso and Socorro, New Mexico
From Alamogordo we headed to the Ruidoso area. We had a site booked at the Along the River RV park, which is located yes, along the river. We had a nice site that backed up…
White Sands, Space and the Dog Canyon Trail
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…
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…
Salerno, Italy – And Back to NYC
Had some time to kill before our train back to Milan, so we decided to check out some of the sights in Salerno itself. First we started at the Duomo. As with any good Italian…
Milan, Italy – And Traffic Chaos
We began our trip to Italy by spending a day and a half in New York City. I had heard about a special exhibit at the NY Botanical Gardens. The exhibit was the works of…