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Texas Trip Day 23 Pecos National Historical Park, Santa Fe

North America » United States » New Mexico October 23rd 2022

This is the view from our breakfast stop today!

Today we spent our morning at Pecos National Historical Park, and then went on to Santa Fe, where we wandered around Old Town for a while before heading for our B&B for the night. Santa Fe sure is a beautiful city!... read more

Texas Trip Day 15 Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe Mountains National Park

North America » United States » New Mexico October 15th 2022

We walked down to the Big Cave via the natural entrance

Jamie and Laura

Carlsbad Caverns turned out to be a highlight of this trip. It was awe inspiring. I realize that I have said this about every single one of our days on this trip, but really. On your next vacation, go to Carlsbad Caverns.... read more

We walked down 750 feet in 1.25 miles of paved trail.

Everywhere we looked there were amazing sights.

Texas Trip Day 14 Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, White Sands National Park

North America » United States » New Mexico October 14th 2022

At the Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, where we stopped for lunch, we saw a bobcat! Today we also saw, but were unable to snap a picture of, a northern harrier and a roadrunner.

Jamie and Laura

The highlights of today were critter sightings and White Sands National Park, where we got to see a glorious sunset amid a fascinating and unusual ecosystem and geology. Another unforgettable day!... read more

There were lots of birds at the Refuge, complete with blinds and platforms with spotting scopes to watch for them. It was pretty interesting!

Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument was our next stop.

Texas Trip Day 13 Albuquerque

North America » United States » New Mexico October 13th 2022

A view of our tram ride up. It was really cool!

Jamie and Laura

We spent the whole day today in Albuquerque. In the morning we took a tram ride up to Sandia Peak at 10,300 feet. We then went to eat our lunch on the banks of the Rio Grande, and then spent the afternoon exploring Old Town Albuquerque. Another well spent day!... read more

The top of the mountain was full of sweeping vistas and fall colors.

There's a stone building at the top of this mountain called the "Kiwanis Cabin" that was built by the CCC.

We had a great hike along a trail that clung to the side of the mountain.

Texas Trip Day 12 Zuni Pueblo, El Moro, El Malpais

North America » United States » New Mexico October 12th 2022

The historic Spanish Catholic Church in Zuni Pueblo. We learned a lot about the history and culture here. The Spanish influence from hundreds of years ago is very prevalent.

Jamie and Laura

Every time we think that we have seen the most beautiful place ever, we go to a new one that is just as breathtaking. Today we spent our morning in the inhabited Zuni Pueblo and the rest of the day at National Monuments looking at more natural wonders. Another great day.... read more

We are standing on the roof of a kiva looking into the plaza where ceremonial dances take place.

which is a reliable pool of water in the middle of the desert.

Santa Fe New Mexico

North America » United States » New Mexico » Santa Fe April 24th 2022

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lilnukee

Day 1 Saturday April 23, 2022 We had an early flight from Knoxville, leaving the house at 5am. The plane from Knox was really tight, but Rob and I had seats together, and we don't mind being close. Delta treated us well overall, even getting us a whole row to ourselves on the main part of our flight from Atlanta to Albuquerque. We had a very nice flight. It was really nice to not have to wear a mask the whole trip. In fact, we have not had to wear masks at all so far. We got into Albuquerque by just after 10am. We decided to upgrade our rental car in case we went on some dirt roads in the Caldera. We paid an extra 20 dollars a day and got a Jeep Wrangler. It's a ... read more

Easter Sunday

North America » United States » New Mexico April 17th 2022

A new bird too - a rock wren

davidjean1971

He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! We were all packed the night before, and just had to wrap up the last bits and have rice pudding for breakfast before sitting down to watch our home church Easter service at 8 am (11 in Kent). Singing along was better than not attending at all on this most wonderful important day. After thanking Mike and Rhonda, we set off towards Las Cruces again. We almost took the back road that almost touched Mexico, but instead took the Interstate again. We were told the scenery was more or less the same anyway. Before I forget, we wanted to mention more about our little late afternoon visit to Paradise a few days ago to visit the birdfeeder. It is called a ghost town on the map, along with some ... read more

Days Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen: Tucson to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

North America » United States » New Mexico » Truth Or Consequences April 4th 2022

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Beebe

We didn't tour around Tucson, having seen most of the sights on previous trips, and just enjoyed time with Mary and her family. Mary's three daughters, son-in-law, and grandson, and grand dogs all came over on Sunday afternoon, and it was so good to see them again. All the girls live in Tucson, and one lives just up the street from Mary. Mary's neighborhood is quiet and peaceful with little traffic. Right across the street is a green space belonging to Pima Community College, with great walking and running trails, which I used each morning. Her pool is beautiful, but cold this time of year (it gets cool at night but into the high 80s during the day) which was fine with me, but not so enticing for Bill. He did get in once... After a ... read more

Tesla charging in front of Mary's cool house

New Year’s Eve – Last Day in Santa Fe

North America » United States » New Mexico December 31st 2021

Gucamole

ChrisWPdx

Today was a very chill day, nothing really on the itinerary except pottery shopping. We slept until 9, so did Tarragon. After that we got ready and headed to Tia Sophia’s for our last New Mexican meal (dinner is anything but New Mexican.) Tia Sophia is a breakfast and lunch only hotspot. Fortunately, the wait time was on 15 minutes, as opposed to the 1 hour wait at Pasquals. It is nothing fancy, pretty much a New Mexican Diner. The food is anything but diner food. All the traditional dishes were on the menu, Green Chile Stew, Huevos Rancheros and so on. Chicken Enchiladas were the Friday special so of course that is what Jerry had, with red sauce. The sign out front said “not responsible for too hot chile”, it was spicy but certainly not ... read more

Rio Grande Gorge

North America » United States » New Mexico December 30th 2021

ChrisWPdx

The original title for today’s blog was going to be Taos, since that was the primary city, we were going to for the day, however, as will be explained letter, I just had to change the title to the most significant sight of the day. We again slept in, as we decided at 5 am when the alarm went off, to skip the museum we had planned for the afternoon, sleep in and head out later for Taos. It allowed us to sleep a couple more hours, although Tarragon does not when his breakfast is delayed. We had a quick breakfast at the hotel and were on the road by 10:15. The first stop of the day was the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. This is a bridge that is roughly 800 ft above the Rio Grande ... read more

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