This week’s Travel Theme from Where’s My Backpack is Up. Here are some shots representing up! Top Left: Up in the Canopy in Jamaica Top Right: Looking Up at the Pyramids of Giza Bottom Left: Up in the sky, in Mui Ne, Vietnam Bottom Right: Jumping Up high at the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico And … Continue reading »
We were traveling through New Mexico and arrived to Sand Dunes National Park only about 30 minutes before the park closed. It was empty. The desert stretched forever and it looked as if we were on another planet then just right off a highway in New Mexico. Just in time for the sunset, we … Continue reading »
This ladies and gents is the beginnings of an Earth Ship. It just so happens that my cousin Jeff used to live in one. On first hearing the name, I had no idea what he was talking about and risked the thought of him being an alien lover and well…thinking abductions and such. And then, … Continue reading »
As you can see, Adam was quite upset that we left the meat cooler..whereas I did nothing but laugh about it. I think his heart sunk a little when he realized the cooler was gone. We left Carlsbad and headed North to Roswell. We went to the UFO museum and man it was interesting. They … Continue reading »
This here is the amphitheater looking down into the caves and below is the walkway down into the caves. We got to Carlsbad Caverns right as they opened at 8:30 am. There was a line to hike into the caves. I highly suggest going later in the afternoon though. At sunset, everyone sits in the … Continue reading »
We headed off to the East in search of New Mexico. Immediately we entered desert and it was exactly what we hoped for. We drove and drove and drove. We went through the Missile Range and where the first bomb was tested. Then, we made it just before sunset to the White Sand Dunes National … Continue reading »
