Blogs from New Mexico, United States, North America - page 77

Geo: 35.0841, -106.649... read more

Roughly a 4 hour drive east of our house is the Gila National Forest, Gila Wilderness and within, the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Once we were off the main highway and onto the Scenic Byway that leads to & through the park, we were engulfed by trees galore! The byway itself was pretty exciting. There were portions of it that seemed barely wide enough for two passing cars. Luckily for us, we seemed to be the only ones driving the road that day. There was still snow on the ground in places, but the sun was shining & the sky was clear & the brightest of blues. We were unable to park at the regular parking area closest to the dwellings due to the bridge being closed. The west fork of the Gila River had ... read more

Tucumcari New Mexico. I must confess that I grow weary of driving. Sadly, I'm done with less than 1/3rd of the driving I'll need to do on this trip.... read more

Feb 9 Noah and I slid out of Stace’s and Reed’s at 4 AM for the long drive to Alamogordo, New Mexico. The prior evening I watched as Noah, Reed and Stace played on the Wii system. Games of bowling, golf and tennis soon reduced the three of them into whirling grunting laughing human windmills. Noah and I thanked Reed and Stace for their wonderful hospitality. It was difficult to leave their comfortable home and Stace’s dinner table masterpieces but life moves on. I first met Stace when she was two years old. Now a practicing attorney in San Antonio it is gratifying to know that Karen and I played even a small part in her development into the great human being she’s become. I was happy to see strength of her relationship with her husband ... read more

Note: Havent been able to update the blog over the past few days.. Hotels without Internet, more hours of driving as we dropped off people along the way, and weeks of travel through changing weather, different altitudes and shifting time zones caught up with us eventually. Unfortunately, that means that I dont remember all the fun, whacky moments from the trip that made it such an enjoyable holiday :( Its those stories, those anecdotes that defined our trip, but nevertheless, heres an overview of what we did end up doing. ************************** We were initally planning to make 3 stops along the way before hitting Vegas on 30th - Roswell (famous for alien UFO landings in 1947) and Albuquerque in New Mexico, and then Flagstaff near the Grand Canyon in Arizona. But Sapna was interested in doing ... read more