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White Sands National Monument and Missile Museum
Robert Goddard's 1914 rocket patents set the stage for the atomic age Southern New Mexico is an interesting study in contrasts. Barely had the Old West died out, its outlaws and lawmen dead or too old...
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Discovering Carlsbad Caverns: Carlsbad, NM
The road to Carlsbad Caverns is winding and quite scenic New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns National Park is the third largest cave system in the United States and arguably one of the best-known. I am a bit...
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Native American Mystery: Three Rivers Petroglyphs, New Mexico
The petroglyph site is well worth a visit The Three Rivers Petroglyph Site is in the middle of nowhere, along Highway 54 between Carrizozo and Tularosa, New Mexico. Managed by the Bureau of Land...
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Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains
What’s sweet as fudge, gooey as cotton candy, has as many tourists as Disneyland, is on the edge of a major national park, and pretty far off a major highway? Why that would be Gatlinburg, Tennessee....
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Exploring the Grand Canyon in Style: Grand Canyon Railway
The Grand Canyon Railway was quaint and elegant The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is served by one major highway–US 64 from Williams, Arizona, an hour to the south. Although the road is well maintained...
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See the Hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Bryce Canyon is visually stunning When Dad and I decided to spend the summer of 2011 exploring the American Southwest, we had a few specific destinations in mind. Near the top of the list were the...
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Zion: Utah’s First National Park
Zion National Park is gorgeous The national parks of Utah were high on our list of must-sees when Dad and I visited the American Southwest this summer. Due to some unexpected delays, we did not...
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Pipe Spring National Monument: A Seldom-Seen Oasis on the Arizona Strip
Pipe Spring was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1870 While exploring the national parks of Utah, Dad and I decided to base camp at an RV resort in Hurricane, just over the Utah border in the extreme...
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A Snowy Yosemite Holiday
I remember the first time I saw Yosemite National Park. My children and I were staying in Mammoth (Mammoth Lakes California). It was a steamy July, and I was still so new to the navigation of mountain...
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Canyonlands, Utah
Canyonlands is a magnificent National Park that’s split in three: one part of it just north of Moab, Utah, and two parts of it substantially south. Either end of the park that you explore results in...
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