A few pictures from a short hike in the woods
Today, I had plans to go out hiking with baby B this afternoon. But it felt hot and sunny when we walked up the street to the mailbox, so I didn’t feel like hiking. OK, it was probably only 80 degrees out and I probably should have just gone. Since I didn’t go this afternoon, […]
N things of the week – #16
It has been a busy, but fun week. I recently had a birthday, so I am now officially 30! It’s kind of a strange milestone, but I feel like I’m ready for my thirties. I also bought a new camera with some birthday money (plus some). I have really been wanting a good camera for […]
Quartz Mountain Nature Park
Quartz Mountain Nature Park was one of the original Oklahoma State Parks, although I’m not sure it’s still classified as a State Park. It is still run by the state of Oklahoma and is very State Park like. It is a gorgeous, unique area that is all the more precious because of the part of […]
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 a spot that I went camping at last year and just fell in love with. […]
Sandia Mountains
Moving to Albuquerque one of the things I worried about was being further from nature. There are things I like about cities, but at the end of the day I think I like nature better. This weekend, I had a chance to explore a couple of the trails in the Sandia Mountains. There are trail-heads […]
The Catwalk
The Catwalk is located in the Gila National Forrest close to the little town of Glenwood, NM. It was originally built back in the mining days to hold a water pipeline that went to a mine. Since it’s nestled in a skinny canyon with a turbulent creek, the scaffolding was drilled into the sides of […]
N things of the week – #2
This week I have journeyed from Socorro, NM to San Diego, CA via a couple of nights in Tuscon. Things of this week involve lots of cool places, some of which I will make full posts about later. The Catwalk The Catwalk was our first cool stop of the trip, a couple hours out of […]
Chupadera Peak
Some years ago, my obsession for travel was really sparked. Sure, I traveled for work before that and had enjoyed some other fun trips in my life. When my obsession was really sparked was when I first discovered the Oklahoma State Parks and the fact that many of them had affordable, cozy cabins in gorgeous […]
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 sort of place. Sam and I went backpacking there for a night. White Sands gets […]
Organ Mountains
The Organ mountains are rocky and jagged. They look cool even from a distance since they jut up seemingly out of nowhere. The area is supposed to provide good rock climbing although some of the peaks look nearly impossible to climb. ‘Rugged’ seems to be a good word to describe them. The vegetation stuck out […]