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 […]
Volcanic Tablelands
Route 6: from the Sierra Nevadas to Cape Cod? The Sierra Nevada mountains cover 400 miles along the border of California and Nevada. We crossed the Sierras and into Inyo County from just north of Los Angeles, via Rt. 14 to 395. Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States (14,496 feet above sea […]
Hueco Tanks
The Hueco Tanks State Historical Site lies about 30 miles northeast of El Paso. We had seen a preview of the general area when we arranged to go to the home of a nice fellow who races his dragster at the El Paso Speedway, and also happens to be the local distributor of Sunoco race fuel. […]