National Park

Tim and I were talking the other day about our recent coastal habit. It occurred to us that we’ve spent more time near the ocean in the last six months, than we…

Tim hiking the dunes/ Home for the week with a dune view/ Sand dunes, mountains & a stream/ Early morning light creeping over the dunes/ A back window dune reflection/…

The Piñon Flats Campground at the Great Sand Dunes might just be the nicest national park campground we’ve ever stayed at. The sites are well spaced, the views are incredible,…

What it is about sand dunes that make them so fascinating? Is it the ever shifting wind sculpted peaks and valleys, the rarity of this phenomenon, or the fact that…

When we decided to spend four months in Colorado our intention was to visit as much of the state as possible. We knew as we moved around this fairly large…

While it was awfully tempting to stay in lovely Utah for some more exploring, we already had a reservation back in Colorado at a state park for the upcoming week, so…

Just when it seems like we have found the most perfect, most gorgeous, most relaxing spot, someone has to come along and ruin it. Or rather several someones. Several small,…

For this week’s edition of Adventure Saturday, we made an overnight stop at Bandelier National Monument. Bandelier is one of those places that I’m pretty sure I must have heard…

What do you do when the temperature reaches 95 degrees and the air is so dry that you can practically hear your skin crack? You go underground of course! Seven…

Well it looks like we discovered yet another fabulous New Mexico state park. Huge sites, great views, a fantastic location for exploring. But you know what my favorite thing about…

This past weekend we had the most FANTASTIC day playing in the dunes at White Sands National Monument. Our planned route through New Mexico had us visiting White Sands the…

Saturday was our last day in Bisbee, but instead of spending it in town we decided to venture out for some exploration of the surrounding area. Our destination was the…

As our time in Tucson came to an end, we still had two things to tackle. One was a mountain, and other was a missile. The mountain came first, and…

Weekend fun!!! Since our first week at Lake Mead was fairly anti-climatic, we decided to get out and find some adventure over the weekend. First up – a bike ride…

Last weekend we left Lone Pine and drove all the way to Lake Mead. The original plan was to stay near Barstow and then travel to Lake Mead the following…