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Category Archives: 5.Years
Basin Trail #247 Hike – 03/23/2021
This is the 3rd post for a 5-day camping and hiking trip to the Chiricahua Mountains with our friends Jay and Nancy. Having taken a short walk on the Cave Creek Nature Trail the day we arrived at the Stewart … Continue reading
Mesa de Cuba & Penistaja Driveabout – 11/09/2014
I’m writing this in 2019, reaching back to this great outing to explore territory that was new to us at the time. The Drive About Having come across articles about Mesa de Cuba and looking for new places to explore, … Continue reading
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Over the Ridge to Paradise Hike – 03/22/2021
This is the 2nd post for a 5-day camping and hiking trip to the Chiricahua Mountains with our friends Jay and Nancy. We had driven from Albuquerque, spending a night at the Rockhound State Park Campground before making the last … Continue reading
Cave Creek Nature Trail Walk – 03/21/2021
This is the first post for a 5-day camping and hiking trip to the Chiricahua Mountains with our friends Jay and Nancy. The Chiricahuas are in the southeastern corner of Arizona, just across the state line from Rodeo, NM. I … Continue reading
Chiricahua Hikes – 03/21-23/2021
This is a special post, publishing tracks for hikes taken during a camping trip to the Chiricahua Mountains on March 2021. In coming days, this will be replaced by the usual BLOG entries for this trip and the hikes. Over … Continue reading
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Los Lunas Hills Trail Hike – 01/29/2021
‘Tis winter, a weekday for hiking, we chose a place close to home. But this is another that we have driven past many times (like Seville NWR), sometimes wondering about hiking there. The Drive In On I-25 to Los Lunas, … Continue reading
Sevilleta NWR Trails Hike – 01/22/2021
On so many trips driving south in I-25, we’ve passed right by the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge without any thought of visiting there. But after our trip to Bosque del Apache and a review we came across, we went to … Continue reading
Gran Quivira Expedition – 12/31/2020
Sticking to our plan for a weekly “outing”, and facing uncertain weather, we chose to visit Gran Quivira, one of the Pueblo ruins in the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. We’ve visited the other two, Abó and Quarai (which is … Continue reading
La Mesita Roja & Its Hoodoos – 01/16/2021
Weather was beautiful this day in New Mexico, perfect for returning to the Rio Puerco, and to visit geologic formations that are a favorite of our friend and photographer Pat Barrett. We enjoyed a really good hike and the geologic … Continue reading
Armijo Canyon-Dittert Site Hike – 12/12/2020
This time of year, we avoid going north, into the Jemez, Sangre de Cristo, or other mountains – it is winter – cold, likely snowy, etc. Going west is better ‘tho it can be cold because places thereabouts are at … Continue reading