Wacky Wanderers – Page 3 – exploring on the road as a family

Valles Caldera, NM

We ended up going to Valles Caldera since it was so close and we wanted to see the source of the volcanic eruption that had created and helped form all those amazing caveats we saw at Bandelier National Monument.

Bandelier National Monument

Since Los Alamos and Bandelier are so close to one another we arrived at the campground in good time even after making some stops along the way. We even had enough time to take a hike!

Los Alamos

Onward we went to Los Alamos. I had mixed feelings about visiting this place. It was such a big part of history and there were many brilliant scientists who lived here, but history that was made here also killed hundreds of thousands. Devastating.

Big decisions in Santa Fe

You know how you hear of people say they woke up after being in Vegas to the realization that they have made some shocking choices? Well, I’m not much of a Vegas girl but we did just make a fairly spur of the moment choice that was definitely crazy. Were we drugged?? I’m not ruling it out. No, we didn’t sell our home to be full time on the road. We got a kitten!

Meow Wolf, Santa Fe

What on earth is Meow Wolf? And what kind of name is that anyway? Well, I’ll tell you the name sounds fitting after you have been to this strange world!

Santa Fe National Forest

After we finished at the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque we were exhausted and hankering for a down day, preferably with internet. Well, half of our wish came true.

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

We had been planning to go to the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque for some time, however we weren’t planning it a year in advance like most others therefore we could only find a camping spot for 3 out of the 9 nights of the fiesta. Eh, better than nothing!

Great Sand Dunes National Park

We arrived at Great Sand Dunes National Park on a very windy afternoon. The sun was out and it was a lovely temperature but when we thought of exploring the sand dunes in high winds, it didn’t sound too appealing. Instead we decided to hang out in the campground, let the girls play, relax and catch up on some internet stuff like this blog. Internet is fairly hard to come by so we try to take advantage when we do have it.

Night time camping hunt

We had quite an adventure looking for camping this particular evening. Have you ever experienced something and thought, “this stuff only happens in the movies!” Well, this definitely crossed my mind this particular evening.

Durango, CO

Off to the city of Durango we went! There were so many fun things to do in this cute little city it was hard to choose. We decided that we would first check out their science museum since our membership to our Portland science museum got us in free and it was closing soon after our arrival.