Hoover Dam
What can I say about our trip to Las Vegas? For starters, it was HOT, therefore we savored the wonderful invention of air conditioning, and also…
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Cacti in Arizona
After a short but lovely visit with friends in Tuscon, where we were pampered with delicious home cooking and lovely conversations, we headed further south towards…
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Gila Cliff Dwellings
When we checked out the map and roads leading up to the cliff dwellings, we could see that it would NOT be a great idea to…
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Marfa Lights to Carlsbad Caverns
Marfa is a cool little town in the middle of nowhere West Texas. It’s become a hub for minimalism art, with several galleries and installations around…
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Big Bend Pt. 2
A quick rundown of our 2 weeks in Big Bend: We hiked, met up with old friends, made new friends, hiked, soaked in hot springs inside…
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When Your Truck Dies in the Desert (A.K.A. Big Bend Pt. 1)
Our moving day to Big Bend started off like most: A quick breakfast, securing belongings, and packing snacks. We officially hit the road just a bit…
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On the Border in Del Rio
Actually, this post starts in a little place called Crystal City, TX. We needed to have some mail forwarded to us, and we really wanted to…
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Padre Island National Seashore
Originally South Padre was in our sights. After thinking about how much further down south it is, and how we’d have to drive all that way…
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