After El Malpais National Monument, we continued our loop back into Arizona. Our goal for the day…
easy hike
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El Malpais (pronounce mal-pie-ees) is Spanish for “badlands” or “bad country” due to its volcanic terrain. The…
Chaco Canyon was a major Ancestral Puebloan cultural center between 850 and 1250 CE. Like Mesa Verde,…
Bosque del Apache is my favorite wildlife refuge I’ve ever visited! We saw so many birds and…
Our first stop in New Mexico was the beautiful White Sands National Park. White Sands is a…
While staying in Tucson, we were excited to explore Saguaro National Park (pronounced “sah-wah-roh”). The city actually…
In January 2023, we had a 15-day mother-daughter trip to Arizona and New Mexico. It was my…
After Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary, we had two final stops in Massachusetts before heading home. The Butterfly…
Our first wildlife sanctuary in Massachusetts, and my first stop in Massachusetts ever, was Mass Audubon’s Lake…