Monthly Archives: August 2019

The last National Monument we visited on our recent New Mexico adventure was El Morro – The Rock With Three Names! El Morro, this large sandstone bluff, sat on the main east-west route for several people groups.    It wasn’t … Continue reading →

Our third NM in New Mexico was El Malpais National Monument.    El Malpais means “the badlands” and they were bad in the best possible way!    El Malpais National Monument also has lava tubes and ice caves accessible with a … Continue reading →

NMs in NM?   National Monuments in New Mexico! New Mexico has one national park, two national historical parks, one national heritage area, one national historical trail and 12 national monuments.  During our trip to northern New Mexico we visited four … Continue reading →

Several years ago I wrote the post Familiar and Family Ground about our visit to Hanford,  Washington.  My grandfathers worked at Hanford to develop plutonium during WWII.  Hanford is one of three sites in the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.  We recently visited a second site … Continue reading →