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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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    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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    Capitol Reef National Park

    Stop 51: Gawking, Loving Capitol Reef National Park

    September 25, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    The route we took from Panguitch to Torrey (and Capitol Reef), while not officially a scenic byway, was beautiful nonetheless — up U.S 89 to Highways 69 and 24… and as we approached Torrey, the vistas became breathtaking — although even more so once we drove up and through the

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    Jen, Ran at Lava Beds NM Fire Lookout

    Stop 19: Lava Beds, Caves, and Waterfowl

    April 8, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    If you are like us, you would certainly expect to find lava and signs of volcanic activity at Lava Beds National Monument (established in 1925), but never in our wildest dreams did we expect to find such diversity — from more than 20 caves to explore to a Civilian Conservation

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    Stop 2: Sonoran Desert, Picacho Peak, Saguaro National Park

    January 17, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Wow. Lots to say about our second stop, so please keep reading. The Sonoran Desert is simply amazing, covering all of southern Arizona (as well as parts of California, New Mexico, and Mexico) for a total of 100,000 square miles. It is the hottest of all North American deserts, yet

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