Two years ago, we drove into New Mexico for a week-long Christmas road trip. I had a long list of places I wanted to see, experience, and photograph. However, a few days before our flight, it became clear that it would not be the case. It was a year of several weeks long government shutdown…
Tag: Southwest
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
We visited Grand Sand Dunes on the cold December day. It was a week into the government shutdown and day five of our Christmas vacations. Honestly, I had too many emotions during this time: closed sites and parks, cancellation, day to day hotels rebooking. Yes, now it’s only a memory. But this period changed my…
Winter adventures in Jemez National Forest
It happened that on Christmas vacations, we spent three days in Albuquerque. The shutdown closed the parks and monuments, winter storm threatened to close roads in the mountain, and Albuquerque wasn’t the worst place. These three days were the test of my planning skills. I rebooked the hotel, changed routes, and planned stops on a…
2 days at Rocky Mountains National Park
Trail Ridge Road 48 miles of between Estes Park and Grand Lake is connected with Trail Ridge Road which has 11 miles above the tree line. This high elevation road is one of the main park attraction. In a short amount of time, it’s going up to the level of the mountains ridges and shows traveler the…