We’ve spent a lot of time in Texas in our six years of cross-country travels. Because it’s directly on our route to Florida each winter, we find ourselves trekking across the state every year. It’s a good thing we like it. There’s a whole lotta Texas between New Mexico and Louisiana, precisely 879 miles if […]
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In late December, we made our third trip in five years to Hueco Tanks State Park. This time, I was not leaving until we got to see the Starry-Eyed Man. Located in a remote canyon 30 miles northeast of El Paso, the park contains a unique assortment of pictographs left behind by the ancient peoples who […]
“Hike about one-quarter mile, take a right at the duck, and head for the alligator on the horizon. Scramble another quarter mile, and walk straight from the alligator’s mouth into the cave. It’s a tight squeeze to get into the cave, but it’s worth it.” These were the directions the ranger gave us to Cave […]
We’ve been wanting to hike the trails in the Chiricahua National Monument for years. Known for its splendid assortment of hoodoos, balanced rocks, and spires, the monument is part of a sky island, an isolated mountain range that rises above the desert in the far southeastern corner of Arizona. We planned three nights in Bonita […]
Although our blog is still lingering on Vancouver Island, we’re pausing for a moment in the present to wish you a joyous holiday season. The past few weeks we’ve traveled from the Pacific Northwest, down the coast of California, to our current location of West Texas. One of the fun things about traveling at this […]
The forecast was for “blowing dust.” “What the heck kind of forecast is that?” I asked Eric. We found out. We were camped in the midst of a barren dust bowl in far southwest New Mexico (200 miles from our last stop at Hueco Tanks in Texas). The winds blew for two days, with gusts […]
We’ve traversed Texas many times in our cross-country journeys on our way back and forth to Florida to visit family. We’re always looking for new places to explore—but as far as we’ve been able to figure out, there are only a handful of places worth stopping in the 500-mile drive from the Hill Country to […]
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