Posts in Tag: national monuments
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Chiricahua National Monument – Geronimo’s Last Stand
This is my ninth post from a trip to Arizona that Alison and I took in November 2024, and the second to feature Arizona’s National Monuments. In the first we visited Walnut Canyon and Montezuma Castle National Monuments. In this post we’ll visit Chiricahua National Monument which is famous for its amazing rock pinnacles and […]
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Walnut Canyon & Montezuma Castle
A few years ago Alison and I attended the SATW conference in El Paso and after it was over, spent a couple of weeks exploring as many of New Mexico’s national parks and monuments as we could. These included the well known sites of Carlsbad Cavern N.P. and White Sands and the hard to get […]
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Bandelier National Monument – Visit in Late Fall
My strategy in visiting a major attraction is always to visit during the shoulder season if possible. There will be far fewer people around, the price may be cheaper and the weather is usually still cooperative. In high season in summer you might be baking in a place like New Mexico, while in the late […]
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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
We had just wrapped up our visit to southeastern New Mexico with a visit to Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands National Monument and it was now time to start heading southwest. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in southwest New Mexico is not easy to get to, but well worth the effort as you will be […]