Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Another in my top 5 list of parks. This one is out of the way (really – the only way in is via a  L O N G  washboard dirt road) but it’s worth the trip! Great camping, hiking, thousand plus year old ruins, and an honest to goodness star observatory await those who brave […]

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Don’t take a flash picture here, that’s all I can say – at least when the bats are flying. It apparently blinds them, and makes them fly into things and die. And they are protected. So take a flash photo of them at the ranger talk when they are flying out of the cave, and […]