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As I work my way through my mountain of drafts, were jumping in to the campervan trip right in the middle of it, at Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico.
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One of the things I knew I had to do on our winter trip to Zion was hike the short Petroglyph Canyon Trail because I love rock art and will probably try to see it anywhere if I know it’s there. I just love it.
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I’ve had seeing Mesa Verde in winter on my national park bucket list since I visited the park in 2017. And i sort of got to do that in December!
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I had been curious about Navajo National Monument for a while since we drove past the sign and turnoff a few times. Unfortunately, it was closed since I really knew about it because 2020.
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After a nice morning visit to Tuzigoot National Monument, my parents and I headed over to Montezuma Castle National Monument about 30 minutes away.
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One of the things I knew I wanted to do while my parents were visiting was to go to Jerome, Tuzigoot, and Montezuma Castle because I knew they were all really close together.
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In 2020 on one of our trips to Flagstaff we stopped at Walnut Canyon. The Island Trail was closed then so we just did the short Rim Trail.
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The Signal Hill Trail is a great short hike to petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park’s west side. I’ve done this one twice and it’s actually I think my favorite view in the park.
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The last thing I did at Petrified Forest on both visits is hiking the Agate House and Long Logs loop trail by the Painted Desert Museum.
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Over the summer we spent a lot of time in Flagstaff and drove past Wupatki National Monument every time. Of course, we had to go so sometime in the middle of summer we finally decided to stop. It’s the perfect hidden gem that deserves to be on more bucket lists and road trip itineraries.
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I think this is officially my last post on our spring adventures and it’s the one I’m most surprised I didn’t do until this year: driving the Halls Crossing side of Highway 276 (still haven’t taken the ferry, though) to see the ruins! I still haven’t driven all the way dow to the marina there, but this was a good start.
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We’re still back in spring activities here and today is all about the Five Kiva Pueblo ruins in Blanding! We decided to go to Blanding for a few days this spring for some reason and on our way into town we stopped at the Five Kiva Pueblo ruins, literally right on the edge of town.
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Way back in March on our trip out to Utah for the summer, we traveled through New Mexico. You may remember having seen a post a couple of months ago about the Falls Trail in Bandelier National Monument, well this one is all about the main draw to the park: the ruins on the main loop trail. I was super excited about visiting Bandelier just … Continue reading Bandelier National Monument: Hike To These Awesome Ruins On The Main Loop Trail (+ The Alcove Ruin!)
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I finally have all of my Moab rock art posts up and can share this one, too! These are some of the best petroglyphs in Moab because of the subject and accessibility.
All of these are easy to get to and some of them are pretty unique and bucket list worthy. There are so many more petroglyphs in Moab that I want to see, so I’ll keep this updated.
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