Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
Rockhound State Park, nestled in the Florida Mountains southeast of Deming, is a unique state park where you are free to collect rock samples, up to 15 pounds, and take home with you. This park, as the name implies, is frequented by “Rockhounds”. It is a beautiful setting with
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This state park is located near Alamogordo and has 44 developed campsites, some with electric and water hookups, some dry camping only, and some sites reservable. The location makes for a beautiful setting and close enough to town to enjoy the tourist spots (White Sands National Monument, White Sands
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Valley of Fires Recreation Area is a 5,000 year old lava flow which is one of the youngest in the continental USA and is approximately 5 miles wide and 40 miles long and 160 feet deep. The campground is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and sits above
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We had stayed here a number of years ago and got a site that was down the hill and unlevel. This year we made sure to request a level pull thru on top of the hill. We did get a pull thru and we did get on top of the
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Abiquiu is a small town located north of Santa Fe by about 60 miles and was made famous by the painter Georgia O’Keefe. It is home to Cerro Pedernal (Flint Hill), Ghost Ranch, a monastery in the desert, a mosque, lots of hiking trails and forest roads, and is surrounded
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We had wanted to attend the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta for a number of years and we decided last year that this was the year. We knew we wanted to stay at the fiesta grounds to avoid traffic and we wanted to stay the entire week to ensure we had some
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We were driving from Durango to Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta and needed a staging area, a place to spend the night, dump tanks, fill up with water, shop, etc. before entering the Balloon Fiesta RV parking area. The KOA to the north of Albuquerque was the only place we
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We were stopping in Durango for a few days and wanted someplace to stay a bit out of town. We had considered staying in Mancos either boondocking off Highway 160 (off forest road 316) or at Target Tree Campground which is a National Forest campground. The road along Hwy 160
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Morefield Campground resides inside Mesa Verde National Park about 4 miles from the entrance to the park. You climb approximately 1,000 feet up a steep grade with sharp dropoffs and fabulous views. Not for the weak of heart. Once at the top you are on a beautiful mesa. The campground
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This recreation area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and is located about 7 miles south of Moab, Utah. The area was named after Ken McDougald who was a former mayor of Moab and includes Ken’s Lake, which is actually a small open air reservoir for day
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