After our time at Diablo Canyon we still had items on our “Must See” list further up north and so began the journey in that direction. Heading out of Santa Fe on Hwy 285 we eventually transitioned onto Hwy 84 in through the tongue-twisting tiny town of Abiquiu, New Mexico. About 15 miles northwest of …
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Heading up towards the Northern edge of New Mexico we decided to check out what our camping options were around Santa Fe. As usual we try to focus on National Forest areas as it is regularly free and beautiful. Our second choice is BLM land. It’s also mid-week (Wednesday) which is when we try to …
Beside the Gila Cliff Dwellings and the White Sands National Monument one of the other Top 5 places we wanted to visit while exploring New Mexico was the VLA or Very Large Array. Many, many years ago I sat and intently watched each and every episode of Carl Sagan’s original 13-part series Cosmos: A Personal …
Hey, we’re in New Mexico! Besides our visit to the Gila Cliff Dwellings one of the more iconic and strikingly visual natural places we wanted to visit in New Mexico was the White Sands National Monument, hereafter referred to in this post as WSNM. The VLA is strikingly visual as well but man-made. We headed …
In about 2011 Willow and I with a friend and her dog took an RV trip around the Southwestern US. One of the stops we wanted to make was the Carlsbad Caverns and so we headed into New Mexico. When we first entered the state on our trip towards the Southeast corner where the caverns …
We spend well over 250 days a year adventuring in the great outdoors in a wide variety of climates and ecosystems. Our two favorite places to play are forests and deserts, probably two of the more diametrically opposed ecosystems possible. Even I, a complete non-fashion-conscious dude, notice the difference in my hair and skin when …
While spending a month adventuring around New Mexico we decided to use more of the Atlas Obscura to help us find interesting and/or weird places to explore. Driving into the state via the lower western edge along Highway 10 the first interesting option that caught our eye was the Cliff Dwellings up north above Silver …
Once we had decided that we were going to spend some time exploring New Mexico one of the first sights we wanted to experience were the Gila Cave Dwellings above Silver City. We started in that direction which didn’t look too far and so we make a few leisurely stops along the way including Fort …
The blog post below was originally written by one of the two people who actually rescued Willow off the side of the road. It was posted in 2011 to the blog of an Oregon Pitbull Rescue Organization. It has been hosted since then on that server. The two people who actually rescued Willow off the …
During our time in the general Crater Lake area we chose to stay at a few different places just so we could get a better feel for the surroundings. We found our spot above Chemult on our own but then decided to stop in at the Ranger Station and ask if they had any opinions …