Author Archives: Serene

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 →

But on to our day in Santa Fe…Today we headed into town for one of our favorite tourist activities – a food and history tour!    We enjoyed a chicken enchilada, with options to add our own red, green, or … Continue reading →

Gravel parking lot campgrounds are not our usual preference but this campground in Farmington had purpose.   It had full hook-ups (water-sewer-electric) so we could wash clothes – something we can’t do with water and electric only sites found at … Continue reading →

We came to Farmington to hike in the Bisti Wilderness, see the alien egg formations and then explore Chaco Canyon. Since the heat wave followed us that just didn’t sound fun.   So we went with plan B: Durango Colorado, 60 miles … Continue reading →

Seeing the 9/11 Memorial prompted a search on how these artifacts end up in a small town in northern Arizona.  I found that the Port Authority started a program in 2006 to disperse 9/11 artifacts.  Because they were from a crime … Continue reading →

Our trip had a rough start.  We knew intellectually we would be trading trailer problems from full time use for problems due to inconsistent use but we didn’t expect so many so fast.  In frustration Randy even said the words “It’s time … Continue reading →

  This time of year has some advantages too.  We are getting acquainted with our Sun City Grand community while events and venues have fewer people.   Randy has golfed and I have been line dancing, playing the ukulele and joined … Continue reading →

Randy has wanted to go to Tahiti for eons but it was always too far, too expensive, and then too difficult to leave the trailer and Elko.   When we lost our sweet boy last summer (Elko’s Last Blog) we wanted something … Continue reading →