Category: USA Travel

Nov 16, 2019 When I got up I went to the park office and reported the broken electrical outlet and they pointed to another one I could use temporarily.  I also found out how to get mail and got the shower keys. It was Saturday so the Tax Office was closed but we found a…

Nov 15, 2019 It was time to leave Alamogordo, we had places to be and one of those places was the White Sands National Monument.  Just 30 minutes down the road it is a sea of sparkling white sand dunes like you would expect to see in a movie about the Sahara.  The sand dunes…

Nov 14, 2019 Got up and checked out of Boot Hill and made another quick stop at Pistachioland before heading the New Mexico Museum of Space History which was in Alamogordo.  Alamogordo might not seem like much of a town but it is actually very central to nuclear and space research.  It is near the…

Nov 13, 2019 We wanted to take it easy so we didn’t do much, slept in late and spent the day at the local library where we discovered that we were able to access their internet from our RV parked outside.  SCORE!  Even better, I had subscribed to the new Disney Plus streaming service and…

Nov 12, 2019 We had been travelling very, very fast and wanted to slow down and chill for a while so we decided to go to Alamogordo, near the White Sands National Monument and near the site of the first atomic test.  It wasn’t very far, looked pretty cheap and had what should be a…

Nov 11, 2019 Woke up and checked the news and immediately saw the headline was a new arctic blast was coming and over 200 record low temperatures were expected for the next few days.  It was expected to be record lows all the way to Gulf Coast.  Although we would have liked to explore Santa…

Nov 10, 2019 We had tickets to Meow Wolf for 10:40 AM so it was a lazy morning.  Not that there was much of a choice considering Holly and Dana had both stayed up until 4 in the morning.  Of course, the kids had not stayed up that late so Olivia was up at her…

Nov 9, 2019 We all took a while to get going so we didn’t leave until around 11:00 AM.  After a quick fill up we were on our way!  It is a long drive so we made a stop at the Petrified Forest National Monument.  It had some more cool landscapes but nothing compared to…

Nov 8, 2019 We were unable to hang out with Chris and Herman because we needed to be back in Flagstaff to meet Dana and her family to go to Santa Fe the next day.  However before we left Chris made us a delicious breakfast of bacon, pancakes, eggs and fruit.  We had a lot…

Nov 7, 2019 We managed to get going at a reasonable time and arrived at the Out of Africa Animal park by 10:00 AM.  Part animal park and part animal sanctuary it was easy to see that the park really cared for its animals, providing large enclosures with plenty of space.  Unfortunately the park had…