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Wire Pass/Buckskin Gulch

Post author:Colleen
Post published:May 11, 2021
Post category:Adventure Drone Exploring Hiking Videos

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…

Ghost Ranch, Georgia O’Keeffe

Post author:Colleen
Post published:May 9, 2021
Post category:Adventure Exploring Photos Videos

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…

Bandelier National Monument

Post author:Colleen
Post published:May 1, 2021
Post category:Adventure Exploring Hiking National Parks Photos Reviews

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…

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Post author:Colleen
Post published:April 27, 2021
Post category:Exploring Videos Wildlife

We spent an overnight near this wildlife refuge. The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is located in southern New Mexico. It was founded in 1939 and is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is a favorite spot to watch the migration of the Sandhill Cranes in the fall. Although we were not there to witness the Sandhill Crane migration we did see a variety of wildlife!We saw a plethora of Turkeys, Javelina, many types of Ducks, Blue Heron and Cranes. Up to this point we had only seen Javelinas in captivity...so this was amazing to see…