I finally have a new RV!
I don’t really like having my picture taken. Most of the time when I see pictures of me it just feels a little… weird. If I try to smile it doesn’t seem genuine. But there’s this picture of me on the day when I found the van that was to become my first RV where […]
Palo Duro Canyon: A Texas State Park with an amazing view!
Can I be honest? Well, it’s my blog, so I intend to be. My first visit to Palo Duro Canyon State Park didn’t really impress me. But, (spoiler alert) my second visit did. My memories of my first visit are a bit vague. I’m sure I have pictures somewhere, but I don’t know where. What […]
Finding bear prints
Today I went out for a bike ride on some of the nearby trails. These are the same trails where I often go out hiking with B. While I was riding along one of the Forest Service roads, I spotted some funny looking tracks. Most of the tracks I see out there I imagine are […]
A Saturday field trip to Bosque Farms
B and I were itching to get out of the house today so we headed on a drive to Bosque Farms. My initial goal was to stop by the DeSmet Dairy, but we ended up making some extra stops. The DeSmet dairy sells fresh milk (raw or pasteurized), eggs and yogurt. It’s a low-key operation. […]
A few pictures from a short hike in the woods
Today, I had plans to go out hiking with baby B this afternoon. But it felt hot and sunny when we walked up the street to the mailbox, so I didn’t feel like hiking. OK, it was probably only 80 degrees out and I probably should have just gone. Since I didn’t go this afternoon, […]
Quartz Mountain Nature Park
Quartz Mountain Nature Park was one of the original Oklahoma State Parks, although I’m not sure it’s still classified as a State Park. It is still run by the state of Oklahoma and is very State Park like. It is a gorgeous, unique area that is all the more precious because of the part of […]
Glendo State Park – eclipse time!
When I first found out I was pregnant, I already had plans for my due date- August 21- to go see the solar eclipse, but it looked a whole lot like I was going to have to change those plans. For the whole nine months, I kept saying that I hoped baby would arrive a […]
Mesa Verde National Park
We made it out on a short trip last week that included two nights camping in the National Forest and a night at the lodge at Mesa Verde National Park. The first night camping was in the Jemez Mountains near a spot that I went camping at last year and just fell in love with. […]
ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
I’m always confused about whether it’s supposed to be botanic or botanical, but according to the internet, the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden is a Botanical Garden. I’d been there once before for the River of Lights which is a fantastical display of Christmas lights made into amazing shapes like flowers and bunnies that is held […]
Sandia Mountains
Moving to Albuquerque one of the things I worried about was being further from nature. There are things I like about cities, but at the end of the day I think I like nature better. This weekend, I had a chance to explore a couple of the trails in the Sandia Mountains. There are trail-heads […]