The long trek home after a multi-month trip is always a drag, most notably because of this graphic below. We will do almost anything to avoid the soul-sucking route across Texas! Thankfully, this time we were headed south from Minnesota through South Dakota, Nebraska, and New Mexico. Many...
Our Summer 2025 road trip is off to a “rocky” start, but in a good way! Our first two stops were at a rock-filled New Mexico state park, and a Texas sand dune. Deming, NM – Rockhound State Park Look! It’s a hound at Rockhound! The campground is set at the base of...
Because it’s impossible to be sad with pie in your mouth, the first stop of our 2024 Summer Trip was in Pie Town, New Mexico. That’s right, I said Pie Town! Obviously, any great American Road Trip is all about the local food you find along the way. This tiny town of 200 people...
Near the Four Corners region, on the Navajo Nation Reservation, is a mostly-unknown, quite mysterious, and fascinatingly unusual place. The Bisti Badlands in the De-Na-Zin Wilderness is 35+ miles south of Farmington, NM. It’s a mixed bag of some of the most unusual scenery found...
Ahhhh Taos, the epitome of southwestern charm and good vibes! Label us “delighted” to be here! But perhaps you’re having a different sort of day —that is OK, because Taos invokes a wide variety of different feelings, and you’re sure to be covered here! Allow...
Charming Adventures ventured southwest from Abiquiu to the Jemez Mountains, a volcanic chain that extendes throughout northwestern New Mexico. Besides the high altitude, we also got high (no — not what you’re thinking) climbing ladders more than 140 feet into the sky to the...
From touristy Santa Fe, we transitioned to the sleepier side of New Mexico in Abiquiu. But “sleepy” doesn’t mean boring, as we found ourselves sinking into the magic of Ghost Ranch, the creative outpost of celebrated artist Georgia O’Keeffe; and experiencing the mystery and magic of...
Dateline: June 2021. Phoenix is broiling under a heat wave with multiple days at 118. Skies are thick and hazy with smoke from surrounding wildfires. Our sticks’n’bricks house is half torn apart from a remodel that gets more expensive by the hour due to Covid-related supply...
Our six weeks touring Texas was over and done, but the only way home to Arizona was through New Mexico. Our brief visits would take us through two iconic NM cities, Roswell and Silver City. Roswell is perhaps best known as the supposed site of the “Roswell...
Along Route 66 just outside Amarillo, TX is one of America’s most interesting art installations: Cadillac Ranch. You can see it from the freeway: what the heck is that? Invented in 1974 by a group of San Francisco hippies (let the stereotypes abound!) called the...