Posts in Tag: New Mexico Parks
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Chaco Culture – A must visit in New Mexico
This is my ninth post from the state of New Mexico, and I now understand why it is called The Land of Enchantment. In the last post Alison and I visited Tent Rocks National Monument with its amazing hoodoos and slot canyon. In this post we are heading to a place almost as remote as […]
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Tent Rocks National Monument New Mexico
Our exploration of New Mexico’s natural and historical wonders continues with a visit to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument or just Tent Rocks as most people call them. Although located not that far from either Santa Fe or Albuquerque this relatively new National Monument (Bill Clinton designated it in 2001) receives a fraction of the […]
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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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White Sands – New Mexico’s Snowy Desert
Our journey through New Mexico continues with a stop at Roswell, site of the alleged crash of an alien spaceship in 1947. The International UFO Museum & Research Center sounds like a pretty serious institution, but in reality is actually a hokey tourist trap with plenty of photo ops with ETs of all kinds. From […]
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Carlsbad Caverns – Absolutely Nothing Like It
I’ve been visiting caves and cave systems around the world for many decades and thought I had seen some of the best, for example the caves of Nerja, Spain which I wrote about in this post and described as phantasmagorical, which they are. But, until you’ve been to Carlsbad Caverns and experienced the excellent way […]