Category: Travel
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The Navajo Nation’s Capital: Window Rock
Window Rock is located about 27 miles northwest of Gallup, N.M., and about 6 miles southeast of Fort Defiance, Arizona, it is just across the New Mexico-Arizona state line, on the Arizona side, in Apache County. From the parking lot, tiny silhouettes of people can be seen hiking within the window taking in the view.…
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Exploring Gorgeous Canyon de Chelly in Northeastern Arizona 3/3
[Story continued from Part 2] Flute music echoed in the chilly morning air. Howard strolled by with coffee in hand saying “good morning” to all of the campers. I served up a bland breakfast of eggs and toast. From the campground, we hiked three miles roundtrip to the canyon ridge where we could appreciate Ledge ruin. Once…
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Exploring Gorgeous Canyon de Chelly in Northeastern Arizona 2/3
[Story continued from Part 1] After lunch we drove over to the north rim and planned to hit all of the overlooks. Like an amateur, I forgot my long lens at home and cursed myself every time I couldn’t get a closer shot of the distant ruins. The quarter-mile hike to view the Antelope House…
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Exploring Gorgeous Canyon de Chelly in Northeastern Arizona 1/3
From White House Overlook the 80-room White House Ruin, inhabited between 1040 A.D. and 1275 A.D., appeared to be swallowed by the massive burnt orange canyon wall. We hiked 600 feet down to the canyon floor passing smooth sandstone buttes along the way that looked something straight out of National Geographic Magazine. Stunning and unearthly.…
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Lyman Lake Petroglphys Dazzle in an Outdoor Art Gallery
Lyman Lake, located in eastern Arizona’s St. John’s, becomes lower by the day due to a dry season. The lake continues to lose up to two feet per day according to the State Park’s Ranger. From the bank I notice a couple of water skier’s gliding through the shallow water below. Near-empty Lyman leaves wide-open…
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Hiking Ice Cave Trail in the White Mountains
Ice Cave Trail set in the White Mountains of Arizona is a refreshing hole in the ground. The trail leads to Blue Ridge Cave (a.k.a. Ice Cave) located off Porter Mountain Road in Lakeside, Arizona. The trailhead starts as a dirt road leads to a vulnerable, picturesque meadow where Porter Creek carves out the land…
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Acoma Pueblo Countinually Occupied for 2,000 Years
Atop a steep, 367-foot sandstone bluff sits an age-old city known as Acoma Pueblo or Sky City. The gorgeous and historic pueblo is a registered National Historical Landmark in New Mexico. Since 1150 A.D., Acoma Pueblo has earned the reputation as the oldest continuously inhabited community in North America (source). At the top of the…
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Travel Snack: Avocado and Tuna
Avocado and tuna: Sound nutritious but not delicious, right? Go with me on this one when I tell you the combination is pretty darn tasty. It is packed with Omega-3’s and offers the “good fat” (monounsaturated fat) that your body craves. The quick and easy snack is even doable on long hikes or road trips.…
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Petroglyph National Monument Through the Lens
New Mexico offers many hidden treasures in its culture-ridden state. Petroglyph National Monument is one of those gems. The monument is an art gallery carved in volcanic rock that overlooks clusters of cookie cutter homes. Within the monuments boundaries sits Boco Negra Canyon, a 70 acre section of the 7,236 acre park. The canyon provides…
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Hopi Petroglyphs Endure at Homolovi
On my way back from attending a friend’s graduation with my husband and son in Flagstaff Arizona, we stopped at Homolovi State Park near Winslow. This was our second trip to the ruins in a month. We ran out of time on our first visit so I never experienced the magnificent petroglyphs that I had…
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