I hope I don’t start glowing in the dark

June 27, 2019 / Rex / 0 Comments

6/26/2019 Elevation 4020 After spending a week, we pulled out of Lava Land RV park, Grants NM around 8:00 AM, of course. All but the first hike was in El Malpais National Monument. The RV park has some serious low voltage issues and later we found a different RV park that would have been a …

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Another AM & PM day

June 25, 2019 / Rex / 0 Comments

6/24/2019 We started the morning off with around a 4 mile hike. The hike took us near some lava tubes, that with a permit you can go in them. We had the permit, but they were kinda interesting to get down into. In fact one of them it looks like you needed to repel down …

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The hunt for windshield wipers

June 23, 2019 / Rex / 2 Comments

6/19.2019 Elevation 6422    Miles driven around 60 Well we ended up moving about 60 miles to Grants NM. They have a NAPA here, but they may be wishing we had kept on rolling. The girl helping first off sure didn’t complain when the other counter guy took over. He spent about 10 minutes just …

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AM – watch your step – PM – I found snow

June 23, 2019 / Rex / 2 Comments

6/22/2019 AM This morning we hiked the mile long Lava Falls Trail, it was a little over 35 miles one way. Talk about interesting, it’s like walking on lava like you see in movies or a science shows only here the lava is hard. The trail makes a rough circle and is marked by Carin’s …

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2 mile hike and more

June 22, 2019 / Rex / 0 Comments

6/21/2019 This morning bright and early we headed out for El Morro National Monument. It’s about 45 minutes away. It’s the furthest away for our planned excursions so we decided to do it first. It’s also the furthest from the expressway incase we don’t get everything checked off our list this time, anything else will be …

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44 degrees

June 19, 2019 / Rex / 5 Comments

6/17/2019 Elevation 6654 Miles driven 111 As we leave AZ crossing into NM heading  towards the HOT, HUMID and RAINY east we found ourselves back in Red Rock State park, just outside Gallup NM. Good sized town, large enough to have a Home Depot, Hobby Lobby and JC Pennies anong with many other stores. We’re …

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And the wind blows

June 18, 2019 / Rex / 4 Comments

6/10/2019-6/17/2019 Elevation 5818 You know it’s dry and windy when It’s 90 degrees and you don’t really need A/C and it’s pretty comfortable setting outside. We spent 7 Nights just outside of Ash Fork AZ, on the west side of Flagsfaff AZ. It’s some free public lands. It’s a big area and there were averaging …

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And it is “GRAND”

June 15, 2019 / Rex / 0 Comments

If a picture is worth a thousand words and 10,000 pictures ain’t enough, do you know how long this post would need to be to come close to describing Grand Canyon?…………. it’s just indescribable!!! Put it on your bucket list today!!! I’ve seen pictures, watched some movies and videos but nothing can properly prepare you …

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Oatman AZ

June 15, 2019 / Rex / 0 Comments

6/8/2019 Now that’s a tourist trap if I have ever seen one. It started off as a gold mining town, now it’s claim to fame are the tame burros that you can pet and feed. The town is maybe 2 blocks long with shops selling the typical tourist trap souvenirs and shirts on each side. …

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Dam that’s big

June 15, 2019 / Rex / 2 Comments

Or that’s one big dam! We drove over to see Hoover dam today, it was about 70 miles one way. Part of the reason for the trip was to check out the route to see if we wanted to go that direction. First we walked along the bridge over the Colorado River. They have closed …

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