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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

After a two hour drive through beautiful desert/forest countryside we arrived at Gila Cliff Dwelling National forest that is the home of the Cliff Dwellings.   The Cliff Dwellings were the home of the ancient Puebloan people.  Archeologists call this the Mogollon area. It is believed that these were built approx. 700 years ago and were most likely home to several different groups.  Evidence suggests that the Apache migrated to the upper Gila River in the 1500s.  Apache leader Geronimo (tribe name Goyahkla) was born in the Gila River area.   To get to the cliff dwellings you hike a…

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The Texas Panhandle!

Welcome to Texas!  After our day in Prison outside of Knoxville TN we decided to head west sooner than later.  It took 3 days to arrive in Texas.  We are Caprock State Park in Quitaque TX.  This park has free roaming bison that are direct descendants of the original free roaming bison herd. At one time there were as many as 30-60 million bison free roaming the plains until the “great slaughter” where professional hide hunters killed off so many bison the the herd was down to less than 1000!  We have had the opportunity to observe the bison in…

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Hell Hole Canyon Hike

Since we are back in Virginia, I am filling in with some sights/activities from the last 6 months!  We took a hike in Hell Hole Canyon on 1/22/21.  The hike is in the Anzo-Borrego Desert State Park just a mile or two from the center of Borrego Springs.  The hike will take you to a waterfall in the rainy season, but it was reported that there was no water.  We always hike with more than enough water, but as you will see in the pictures, some don’t!!!  Not sure if this is real or just a warning!PS...Packing to move is…

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Read more about the article Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves

Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves

Milestone: 5 months on the road as of yesterday! We have been to the “Mud Caves” twice so far!  From the main road there is an 8 mile round trip dirt/sand road that requires 4WD.  We had over an hour of video and hundreds of pictures.  We have made a 5:33 minute video....In one of the “cave” sections of the video you may see something run by on the bottom right....we did not notice this until we were going through the videos!  WTH! **Make sure the video is on HD! One of the most fascinating points of interest in the…

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