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Category Archives: Camping
VC05 Obsidian Valley Hike – 07/23/2019
Pat and I returned to the Jemez Mountains for a 4-night stay at the Jemez Falls Campground in our R-Pod, planning to explore further in and around Valles Caldera. For our first hike, we visited Obsidian Valley in the Valles … Continue reading
FR 289 St Peter’s Dome Driveabout – 06/26/2019
A DriveAbout on back-roads in the Jemez Mountains, from NM 4 south into the Dome Wilderness, ending at St. Peter’s Dome. Continue reading
Cerro Grande Trail Hike – 06/25/2019
A hike to the summit of Cerro Grande, the tallest mountain in Valles Caldera National Preserve. Continue reading
Jaramillo Creek Hike – 06/24/2019
Our 2nd day of a 4 day visit to Valles Caldera. We brought our bikes to learn if we’re ready for biking on back country roads. A friend’s description of the roads in the Valle encouraged us to give it … Continue reading
Upper Frijoles Canyon Overlook Trail Hike – 06/23/2019
This hike is the first during 4 days of camping at Jemez Falls Campground. Its about a 2.5 hour drive from Albuquerque, towing our R-Pod up US 550, then NM 4 past La Cueva to this very nice National Forest … Continue reading
Cerro Grande Trail Hike – 05/29/2019
Our third day camping/hiking in the Jemez Mountains, in and around Valles Caldera. Having worn ourselves thin on the Alamo Spring hike the day before, we intended to limit hiking this day. So, to start the day we headed south … Continue reading
Alamo Spring Trail Hike – 05/28/2019
This was our 2nd day of 3 days camping and hiking around Valles Caldera in the Jemez Mountains. ‘Tho we would like to have headed deep into the Caldera, the washed out road just 5 miles in held us at … Continue reading
VC02 South Mountain Hike – 05/27/2019
This was our first hike during a 3 days visit to the Jemez Mountains, in the vicinity of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. We set up our R-Pod trailer/camper in the Jemez Falls Campground, a base camp from which to … Continue reading
North Fork Water Canyon Hike – 09/13/2018
This is our second hike in the Magdalena Mountains during a 3-night stay in the campground in our R-Pod camper. The first day we did the Mesa Trai l#15 hike. We planned to stay only two nights, taking a “short … Continue reading
Mesa Trail #15 Hike – 09/12/2018
Returning from Tucson by way of Glenwood, driving along US 60 some 20 miles west of Socorro, a sign to Water Canyon Campground caught our attention – we thought that there might be camping and hiking in those Magdalena Mountains. … Continue reading