Dino Tracks
Continuing our walk along the canyon floor we soon arrived at the Dinosaur tracksite location. Along the north riverbank we noticed a few three towed Allosaurus footprints and marveled to think that millions of years ago a dinosaur stepped on the same piece of ground. According to the ExploreSoutheastColorado website:
“150 millions years ago, this area was part of a large, shallow lake and was teaming with Brontosaurs and Allosaurs. As these massive beasts plodded along the muddy edge of this lake they… Read More
Picketwire Canyon
Even though I was tired from barely sleeping, at one point I did manage to marvel at all the millions of stars that dotted the night sky. Never in my life have I’ve seen so much intensity and brightness that one didn’t even need a light to see, as the starlight was more than enough. After fully waking up at about 6:45, 15mins before the sunrise, we packed up the camping gear and prepared to go hiking in the Picketwire Canyonlands.
Parking closer… Read More
Reflections of the Past
After quite a hiatus of having no crazy weekend road trips, my friend and I decided to do one last one before she moved onto to bigger and better things in Texas. So waiting to the last minute we decided to head towards Southeastern Colorado, instead of the stormy West. It was a good thing too since the weather forecast called for highs in the mid eighties in Southeastern Colorado. After leaving Boulder around 11 we eventually ended up retracing part of… Read More
Bandelier Ntl Monument
So after leaving the Eastern portion of the park we entered the main part of Bandelier. There were some pretty cool ruins and areas only accessible by a number of ladders.… Read More
Tsankawi Section
My friends and I headed out from Albuquerque to check out Bandalier National Monument (just east of Los Alamos) . Before we hit the main portion of the park we stopped at the Tsankawi section of the park. There are many cool petroglyphs, pottery pieces, arrowheads and old ruins just laying about. The temperatures were starting to heat and we were glad to get back to the car and water.… Read More
Taos Pueblo
Once I crossed into New Mexico I decided to venture down to the Taos Pueblo. I visited there back in Feb. and I wanted to see it during the summer. The people were once again really down to earth and I spent quite a few hours just talking with them.… Read More
The road to Taos and Beyond!
Today I headed down to Albuquerque by means of the spectacular San Luis Valley. The weather was relatively nice for it being February and I was excited to get out of town. Shortly after passing through Questa, NM I entered the outskirts of Taos, NM. I never really thought about visiting the Taos pueblo but once I saw the sign, I just had to go! The Pueblo has been in use for around a thousand years and I was fortunate… Read More
The Journey Back South
After waking up at the motel we headed to Wall Drugstore to finally see what it was all about. Needless to say its a store that has just about anything you need! After leaving wall we drove to Badlands National Park, SD. The weather wasn’t that good but the badlands were beautiful! I could only imagine what it would be like it great weather. Once we drove around for a bit we decided to head south to Wounded Knee. After exploring… Read More
July 4th drive
Piedras Marcadas Canyon, Petroglyph National Monument – Albuquerque, NM
At around 10:30 last night (7/3), on a whim, I decided to head to White Sands, NM for the 4th of July. I left my home in Arvada at 4:00am and drove straight to Alburquerque, NM. On the moderately long drive(7hrs) I figured that I didn’t really plan the trip out that well. The heat down there this time of year is rather exhausting and just hiking around for an hour… Read More
Chaco Morning
After getting a restful sleep in the canyon we decided to further explore the ruins of Chaco Culture National Historical Park before heading back to Colorado.… Read More
Chaco Lands
After 5 or 6 hours of driving we finally made it to Chaco Canyon in Northwest NM. Amazing place!… Read More
Salmon Ruins
After coming back from Chaco Canyon we visited the Salmon Ruins and Homestead in Bloomfield, New Mexico.… Read More
Chaco Lands
I finally visited Chaco Canyon! After years of reading and watching videos about this place…I finally went there! I’ll let the photos speak for themselves… Read More
