In an old armory building just off the main street of Deming, New Mexico, you’ll find the Luna Mimbres Museum. I thought I was going to learn about the indigenous Mimbres people, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. This is one amazingly strange and wonderful museum, as you’ll see…
Cold Surprise in New Mexico
This is the third time in five years I’ve spent part of the winter in New Mexico, and it’s been – by far – the coldest one yet. I’m not alone in thinking this, though. My fellow campers have said much the same thing in our discussions the past week about how we fared in the cold. And by cold, I mean 15F (-9F) four nights running. Yikes… How did my Alto do?
2021 Top 10 Campgrounds
Here’s a fun little post that highlights my favorite campgrounds of 2021. Most of them are close or next to water (8 out of 10), which I guess isn’t surprising, given my love of water. From Arizona to Utah, enjoy the tour!
Henry Cowell Redwoods, CA
Need a break from your day? Come walk with me through the magical redwoods of Henry Cowell State Park, near Santa Cruz in California…
Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM
Way up there in northern New Mexico, in the little town of Aztec, is one of the best national monuments for learning about the Ancestral Puebloans that populated much of the Colorado Plateau and surrounding lands. I was going through Aztec on my way from Bluff, Utah to Durango, CO, so I stopped to check it out.




