We were really excited to roll into Phoenix. We hadn’t seen our best friends, the Grabowskis, or Hayden, Tressa and granddaughter, Claire, since January of 2022. Claire would have been 15mo at that point and now she would be nearly 2.5years…
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April 2023
From Winslow, AZ to Pine is a pretty drive and quick stop at Tonto Natural Bridge was on the day’s agenda.…
At first I was afraid, I was petrified…but then I really enjoyed the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. If you don’t enjoy a lot of hiking, this park should be near the top of your list as you…
As the name implies, Jemez Springs, has mineral springs that have been attracting people for centuries. After a beautiful morning of driving through the Valles Caldera National Park, we saw the first sign of these mineral springs, Soda Dam.…
The Bradbury Science Museum is the chief public facility of Los Alamos National Laboratory. If it sounds familiar it’s likely because of the Manhattan Project, a research and development undertaking during WWII that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the…
From Santa Fe, Bandelier National Monument is about an hour drive and worth a stop! In New Mexico, more than one million years ago, huge volcanic explosions rained ash and cinders over a 1500 square mile area. Ash flows up…
There are some cities that live up to expectations. Las Vegas. You know before you go that there will be plenty of gambling and drinking, fine dining, sensational Cirque shows, tiny wedding chapels, and crowded clubs. New York. Bring…
There’s just something about wide open spaces like deserts and plains. Maybe it’s the comfort of wide open spaces. Here even the plants give each other room to breathe. Maybe it’s that these backdrop provide such a beautiful canvas…
From Oklahoma we crossed into Texas near Wellington. After a full day of driving through the flats we rounded a corner that overlooks the 800ft-deep Palo Duro Canyon, the deepest canyon in Texas. Palo Duro Canyon State Park The…
From the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Indiahoma, Oklahoma we stopped for a few day in Great Plains State Park, which was our last major stop in Oklahoma. This park is nestled on the other side of the Wichita…
