Capulin Volcano National Monument
The Volcano Road gate was closed due to ice. If we couldn’t go to the crater rim, what did Capulin Volcano offer? Plenty.
The American Southwest is vast, beautiful, and anything but empty. These are posts about Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of California and Colorado.
The Volcano Road gate was closed due to ice. If we couldn’t go to the crater rim, what did Capulin Volcano offer? Plenty.
Most visitors to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve go during summer, to sled the dunes and splash in the creeks. Not us.
“Cut-rate facial dermabrasion.” That about sums up my experience at White Sands National Monument.
We had just enough time to spend a few hours exploring Carlsbad Caverns National Park before driving north to catch our plane out of Albuquerque. Bats, anyone?
With a tight schedule, we had to choose between climbing the tallest peak in Texas or shorter hikes with more diversity. Decisions, decisions.