July 22 - 29, 2023 through Western Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Davis Mountains State Park, TX. We hiked part of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Fort Davis July 23, 2023 McDonald Observatory drive-by July 23, 2023 Balmorhea State Park, TX - Spring fed pool made by the CCC July 24, 2023 Carlsbad Caverns, NM July 24, 2023 Guadalupe Mountains National … [Read more...] about Carol’s 61st Birthday Road Trip
Big Trip Adventures
Taos, New Mexico - Ski Trip! - February 11 - 15, 2022
Big Bend National Park - Road Trip & Camping - March 13 - 19, 2022
Ottawa, Canada - Road Trip & Camping - July 30 - August 20, 2022
Caprock & Palo Duro State Parks - Road Trip & Camping - November 2022
St. Kitts - December 2022
Ottawa, Canada - March 2023
Big Bend National Park & Terlingua Ranch Campground
In Texas you have to reserve national and state park campgrounds wayyyyyy in advance. We have an annual Texas state park pass, so our goal is to seek out all of the ones in Texas first. In February, after I was newly situated in the San Antonio, TX area, I reserved a primitive tent site at Terlingua Ranch for Mar 13 thru 19. I made the reservation too close to our arrival to … [Read more...] about Big Bend National Park & Terlingua Ranch Campground
Taos, New Mexico Ski Trip
Firstly, let's begin with my confession that this Taos ski trip was all my fault. Our relationship was very new; the distance to the resort was far away; there was very little planning; we went on short notice and only with a short amount of time. It was very high risk, because Carol had never skied before. TL;DR About Us Skiing in Taos, NM Skiing in Taos, New Mexico … [Read more...] about Taos, New Mexico Ski Trip