Blooming Cacti Galore!
17 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Second day in Big Bend National Park
17–20 apr 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
First day in Big Bend National Park
19–22 apr 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The Chinati Foundation in Marfa TX
19–21 apr 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
The artist Donald Judd established The Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinati as a site for the permanent installation of large-scale works of art in 1986. We visited the grounds of the foundationLeggi altro
Chinati Foundation B&W Abstracts
19 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Carlsbad Cavern National Park
20–22 apr 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
What an absolute gem of a as park! *Easily* the most stunning cavern I’ve visited - and we just did Mammoth and Wind caves this past year…
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
21 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
After Carlsbad, We spent two days in Guadalupe National Park. The first afternoon we hiked up the Devil's Hall Trail, a wash trail that takes you to a narrow slot and a bedrock bottom. The next day weLeggi altro
Beautiful Camp under the Organ Mountains
23 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Camping at a trailhead in front of the Organ Mountains just outside Las Cruces. There's was a beautiful sunset followed by a great moon rise from behind the mountains.
White Sands National Park
24 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We unfortunately couldn’t enter the park at opening time because of a missile test in the vicinity! Still a fun time very roughly following the Alkali Flat trail.
Chiricahua National Monument
25–27 apr 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
We did a couple of short hikes when we first arrived but then hiked the “Big Loop” including the “Heart of Rocks”loop and Inspiration Point on our second day. Chiricahua is a very cool andLeggi altro
Titan Missile Museum
27 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Tucson was once home to an Air Force air wing responsible for operating a set of nuclear ballistic missile silos. The Titan Missile Museum has taken over the silo and preserved the place as it wasLeggi altro
A day in Saguaro National Park
28 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A two nights and a full day in Saguaro West National Park. We hiked the King Canyon/Wasson Peak loop. Cactus's were in full bloom up the trail and it was interesting to see how elevation and aspectLeggi altro
Blooming Saguaro
30 aprile 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Finally found a Saguaro with blooms that aren't 40ft off the ground. Plus moon set over the mountains.
Mt Ajo - Organ Pipe National Monument
1 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We set our sights on a climb of Mt Ajo (4783 ft) in Organ Pipe National Monument. It's the highest peak in the monument and it connects with a popular loop of Estes Canyon and the Bull Pasture. TheLeggi altro
More Blooming Saguaro
2 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We found a blooming saguaro right in the campground where we could use the van as a ladder to get right up close!
Epic campsite for the night
3 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We stayed outside Sunset Crater National Monument at a campsite that had the most incredible panorama of Sunset Crater and the San Francisco mountains.
Paria Canyon and Buckskin Gulch
5 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Anne and I did a two day hike of the Paria Canyon and Buckskin Gulch. The original plan had been to hike from Wire Pass to Lee's Ferry, a 4-5 day hike. But based on conditions and timing, we changedLeggi altro
Exhaust Work
7 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
We've had a couple small incidents on the road. In Organ Pipe we blew a fitting on the air compressor that we fixed in Phoenix. Last week I noticed that the exhaust pipe had shifted and was directlyLeggi altro
Glen Canyon Dam
7 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
A quick stop at the Glen Canyon Dam to see the visitors center, take some pictures, and repack the van after our backpacking trip. Water level is obviously low, but still well above dead pool.
Putting the recovery gear to work
8 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
We meet a guy on the road to White Pocket who managed to get his Tacoma stuck on a rock. One wheel was completely off the ground and his transfer case was resting on a larger boulder. I was able toLeggi altro
White Pocket - Peak Climb
9 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
White Pocket had a summit listed in Peakbagger, and we'd heard the top of the mountain had very cool formations for another visitor, so Anne and I went for a hike.
Unfortunately, getting to theLeggi altro
White Pocket
9 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We've wanted to visit White Pocket for years. Unlike the Wave, a White Pocket does not require permits. But it's also hard to get to; the road requires a capable 4x4 vehicle with high clearance. TheLeggi altro
White Pocket - Petroglyphs
9 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We also heard there was a small panel of petroglyphs just north of the formation, so we visited them too.
Campsite for the night
9 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Another pretty incredible campsite. We could see and hear the road, but we were the only ones there and the sunset on the rocks was very nice.
Alstrom Point
10 maggio 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The person at the BLM station suggested Alstrom Point as a relatively unknown but awesome place to visit. She was certainly right. The road is mostly in great shape, easily passable by most vehicles.Leggi altro