Tag: camping

Wyoming

Glendo State Park – eclipse time!

When I first found out I was pregnant, I already had plans for my due date- August 21- to go see the solar eclipse, but it looked a whole lot like I was going to have to change those plans. 

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Colorado

Mesa Verde National Park

We made it out on a short trip last week that included two nights camping in the National Forest and a night at the lodge at Mesa Verde National Park. The first night camping was in the Jemez Mountains near

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Oklahoma

Ouachita National Forrest

The Ouachita National Forest is perhaps my favorite place in Oklahoma.  I know in my post about Wister Lake State Park, I said the southeast corner of the state was my most favorite.  The Ouachita National Forest is in this

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Oklahoma

Lake Wister State Park

I have a lot of favorite places in Oklahoma, but I have to admit that the southeast part of the state is my favorite favorite.  It’s full of rolling hills and tree-covered mountains.  It is green in a way that

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New Mexico

Backpacking at White Sands

White Sands National Monument is a really unique place.  It features miles and miles of white sand dunes and, well, really nothing else.  The fact that there is nothing else there is what makes it so cool.  It’s a surreal

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New Mexico

Manzano Mountains

The Manzano mountains lie about an hour’s drive from my house and yet I have visited them only twice very briefly in the years I’ve lived there.  They are kind of the southern extension of the Sandia Mountains that dominate

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New Mexico

Trampas Lakes

This weekend I spent 3 nights in the Pecos Wilderness. The area was absolutely gorgeous.  I spent most of my time on the Trampas Lake Trail.  It followed a mountain stream and not a smooth, tame sort of stream, but

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New Mexico

Jemez Mountains

I went on a short trip with the van to explore the Jemez mountains a few weeks ago.  Some of the areas I found were nice enough that I’m reluctant to share lest more people go and it ruins it

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