Pueblos, Nukes, & Some White Sand – Day 4: An atomic morning and petroglyph afternoon
October 16, 2026 The day has come to transition from the Ancestral Pueblo people to nuclear bombs! (What a sentence to write?!) Well, kinda of. There was still some petroglyph seeking to be had before kicking off the main reason for this trip, would could culminate the next day at the Trinity Site. I’ve been…
Pueblos, Nukes, & Some White Sand – Day 3: Ruins! Volcanoes! Best Grocery Store Ever!
October 15, 2026 It’s my birthday and I’ll cry if I want to “And you decided to trust Google?” – Guard at the Los Alamos National Laboratory gate Ima go live at Smith’s Marketplace in Los Alamos I awoke before sunrise, which is apparently what I do now. It was definitely cold overnight, in the…
Pueblos, Nukes & Some White Sand – Day 2: To New Mexico!
October 14, 2026 “We make it sound scary to keep the Priuses away.” – description of Medano Pass Primitive Road by a park ranger (so Subaruable??!?) Beer cans are a building supply Holy hell it’s windy Don’t trust Google Maps in Los Alamos, lest you end up on highly restricted national laboratory property What is…
2023 Adventuring Year-in-Review
In the past I’m not sure how I’ve felt about year-in-review posts, but I think of all years, it is needed for 2023 for personal reasons. It is so easy to get bogged down in the minutia and mundane of every day life that one forgets exactly how awesome things were! January For many years my…
Colorado Parkin’ Day 5 – Aztec Ruins National Monument & Chimney Rock National Monument
May 24, 2023 Time to get on the road again! Today would be the start of what I would call my two “down days” of the trip, where I did not have a particularly busy itinerary. It was time to leave Mesa Verde National Park and briefly visit New Mexico before heading into the San…
Presidential Adventure 23: Day 1 – Capulin Volcano National Monument
I guess this is a start of a tradition, as this was the second year in a row I headed out of state chasing new National Park excitement over Presidents Day weekend! This year I got the crazy idea to make a big loop down to Amarillo, Texas. I don’t think most people seek out…
