Petroglyph National Monument
Diverse Beauty of the Southwest The southwest of the US is one of our favorite parts of the country. There’s something about the landscape that attracts us. On the surface it seems barren and desolate. On closer inspection though, these mountains and mesas, deserts and plateaus are full of life. These are the homes of bighorn […]
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
White Sands National Monument The world’s largest field of gypsum sand dunes fills 275 square miles of the Tularosa Basin at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico (elevation 4235 ft). A large portion of the area makes up White Sands National Monument. Herbert Hoover designated the are as National monument in 1933. Long before […]
Southwestern Landscapes
Every time we have the opportunity to travel through the southwestern part of the US, we try and make the most of our visit, even if we’re just passing through. It’s one of our favorite parts of the country,and we’ve been lucky enough to spend a fair amount of time here over the years. The […]
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park The Guadalupe Mountains on the Texas-New Mexico border reach heights of almost 9,000 feet. Not far away, deep beneath the surface, are hundreds of caverns formed when sulfuric acid dissolved surrounding limestone. The limestone is what remains of a coral reef of an inland sea from around 250 million years ago. […]