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    Month: January 2019

    Guadalupe Mountains National Park - El Capitan

    Stop 72: Visiting Two National Parks While in Southwest NM

    January 31, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Our last stop in New Mexico was in Carlsbad, in the southeastern part of the state, and known as the gateway to the amazing Carlsbad Caverns National Park, but also a great location to slip into Texas and visit the Guadalupe Mountains National Park — which is just what we

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    Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument

    Stop 71: Alamogordo Adventures!

    January 26, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    As you will soon see from this post, our stop in Alamogordo was full of fun and adventure — even with the ongoing federal government shutdown continuing to thwart some of our activities. Alamogordo, a city of about 30,000 residents located in the Tularosa Basin of the Chihuahuan Desert —

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    Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

    Stop 70: Aliens, UFOs, and Waterfowl Dominate Roswell, NM

    January 23, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Whether you believe or not in unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or aliens crash landing in a remote part of New Mexico, you will find lots to do and think about when visiting Roswell, now one of the largest cities in New Mexico (and the largest in the southeastern part of

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    Las Vegas NM

    Stop 69: We Hit the Jackpot in Las Vegas… New Mexico

    January 21, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    From Albuquerque, we headed north past Santa Fe and eastward to Las Vegas. Las Vegas, New Mexico. We chose Las Vegas as our hub for this leg of the trip because the elevation in Santa Fe made it a bit too cold and snowy to park the trailer (but happily

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    Sandia Mountains, Albuquerque, NM

    Stop 68: We Made a Right Turn at Albuquerque!

    January 15, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Unlike Bugs Bunny, we found our way from Elephant Butte to Albuquerque just fine! The state’s largest city, named in honor of a town of the same name in Spain, has beauty in and around it — with the grand Sandia Mountains to the east and the Rio Grande River

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    Elephant Butte Lake, NM

    Stop 67: Truth or Consequences?

    January 11, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Our next stop in our journey through New Mexico were the towns of Elephant Butte and Truth or Consequences, located in Sierra County and along the Rio Grande River in the southwestern part of the state. Both of these small towns offer fun distractions and adventures — especially for folks

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    City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico

    Stop 66: Hello (Deming) New Mexico!

    January 7, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We officially kicked off the start of the second leg of our trip, arriving in Deming, New Mexico, on January 1, in the midst of a cold front that brought snow and frosty conditions — as well as a federal government shutdown that is challenging our plans for the trip.

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    Sears Point, Arizona

    Stop 65: Southern Arizona Revisited

    January 1, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    What do you do when you refuse to travel more than a few hours a day but you need to get to New Mexico by the start of 2019 to start the next leg of your journey? You revisit southern Arizona along the way! We made three wonderful — and

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