by J. Dawg | Apr 2, 2014 | New Mexico, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
Another day on the south west culture tour and we made it back into New Mexico. Gallup was a short 128 mile drive from Winslow. There’s not much to see on this section of I-40 except trains going by heading west. Also, it wasn’t as windy on the road...
by J. Dawg | Apr 1, 2014 | Arizona, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
Well, I’m a runnin down the road tryin to loosen my load. Well, it was more like blowing down the road. We left Golden Valley, AZ and set out for Gallup, NM. It was a brilliant sunshiny day, but the wind was fore casted to blow from the SW at...
by J. Dawg | Mar 24, 2014 | Arizona, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
Although I’m not a fan of big cities, there were a few things we wanted to see in Tucson. All were on the south end of the city so we stayed out by the airport boon docking at the Desert Diamond Casino for a couple of nights and then spent a night at the...
by J. Dawg | Mar 22, 2014 | Arizona, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
We left New Mexico and continued west into southern Arizona. It was desert landscape all the way with miles and miles of straight line highway. Not as pretty as west Texas, but still a little dusty. I wanted to visit the south eastern part of the...
by J. Dawg | Mar 20, 2014 | National Parks, New Mexico, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
No too much to report from this destination. We stayed at the Hacienda RV Resort in Las Cruces. It was a very nice RV park. We stayed here because of the closeness to Old Mesilla and easy access to the highway. I noticed in Big Bend and more so in...
by J. Dawg | Mar 17, 2014 | National Parks, Southwest Culture Roadtrip, Texas
Day three in Big Bend brought some cool weather, clouds, dust, and windy conditions. It was 55 degrees down by the Rio Grande and our plan was to spend the day hiking up in the Chisos Basin which is at 5,400 ft.Chisos MountainsWe drove 20 miles up to Panther...