Bandelier National Monument
For millennia, people have felt the pull of Frijoles Canyon, now part of Bandelier National Monument. I’m no different.
The American Southwest is vast, beautiful, and anything but empty. These are posts about Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado, Texas, and some California desert.
For millennia, people have felt the pull of Frijoles Canyon, now part of Bandelier National Monument. I’m no different.
Landing in New Mexico, the altitude change wreaked havoc on me. But the lure of Rio Grande del Norte National Monument was too tempting to resist.
Reading Ellen Meloy is like inhabiting a naturalist’s body and an artist’s brain, glassing for bighorns while breathing hot dust.
“Take the Jeep,” Teresa said. “And the dog.” If you insist…
A must-read before your next trip to the Southwest.