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Wire Pass/Buckskin Gulch

Some days you just don’t know how your plans are going to work out.  Well, today’s plans beat all expectations!  We hiked Wire Pass to Buckskin Gulch…both are amazing slot canyons in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area.  To reach the trailhead of Wire Pass you drive 8.3 miles on a dirt road. Wire pass starts out hiking through Coyote Wash and after about a mile you enter the most colorful slot canyon. Halfway through the pass there is a wooden ladder that drops about 10 feet.  Wire Pass opens into the high walls with petroglyphs and meets up with…

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Read more about the article Ghost Ranch, Georgia O’Keeffe

Ghost Ranch, Georgia O’Keeffe

Over the past week we have been all over New Mexico!  We have so many places to feature on our site!  Earlier in the week we took a horseback ride through Ghost Ranch, the home of American artist Georgia O’Keeffe.  Georgia O’Keeffe maintained two homes in Norhtern New Mexico and one was on the edge of Ghost Ranch; she purchased the land in 1940.  The greater ranch was operated as a “dude ranch” at the time, but now the ranch is owned by the Presbyterian church and is an educational retreat.  Our ride through the ranch passed many of the…

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Read more about the article Bandelier National Monument

Bandelier National Monument

We have been in Santa Fe for a couple days, checking out the town and enjoyed a delicious lunch yesterday at The Shed. This morning we checked out the Railyard Farmers Market.  Our winning purchase was a “Hatch Chile Croissant”!  To our surprise it was so good!After the Farmers Market we headed to Bandelier National Monument about 35 miles from Santa Fe and is part of the Jemez Volcanic field. This monument dates back more than 10,000 years.  Native Americans moved in and out of this area following movement of game animals.  Bandelier National Monument consists of ruins of above…

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City of Rocks State Park

We have read many reviews that City of Rocks State Park is a must see while in New Mexico.  To get to City of Rocks the drive is through typical desert land with a few rolling hills of desert.  We crested one of these hills and in the distance saw City of Rocks, sitting in the middle of a vast desert plain!  It was mesmerizing!We stayed 4 days at City of Rocks and loved it because each site is unique and very private from other RVs/campers.  Each site is nestled among the rocks that make up the state park.  There…

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