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Bradbury Science Museum

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…

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Quick Walk Through Bandelier National Monument

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…

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Santa Fe Lives Up To Expectations

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…

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There’s Just Something About Wide Open Spaces

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…

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3 Stops Near Amarillo

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…

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Great Plains State Park

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…

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The Highly Unexpected Mountains Of Oklahoma

My parents love live theater and they’ve instilled this in me.  My dad has an amazing voice and when I was a kid, he participated in numerous local plays and musicals.  My mom is a great dancer and a…

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How To Spend One Day in Downtown Oklahoma City

We’d spent the day before at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum on the outskirts of the city (highly recommend so see post here) and stayed that night in the parking lot of a Harvest Host called Core…

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RV Route 66 Tulsa to Oklahoma City

Route 66 will transport you to a bygone era of America.  It is dotted with historic gas stations, old-school diners, scenic flatlands, and quirky roadside attractions.   We travelled from Tulsa through Supulpa, Chandler, Arcadia and into Oklahoma City which is…