2016 Road Trip

Tucson and Saguaro National Park

May 17 – 20, 2016: Saguaro National Park was formed to protect the giant saguaro cacti. Saguaro cacti are thought to be symbol of the southwest although saguaro cacti are actually only found in the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and Whipple Mountains and Imperial County areas of California.

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UFOs, Aliens, and Art in Roswell

May 13 – 14, 2016: Roswell, New Mexico has got to be one of the most kitschy places we have ever visited. Every establishment has a random alien figurine outside. They irk me. I could never live here.

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Guadalupe Mountains National Park

May 11 – 12, 2016: After marveling at Prada Marfa, we drove on to Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The entire upper portion of the park, Dog Canyon, was closed due to fires but we were still able to camp in the lower, Pine Springs, area.The campsite was really just a parking lot – no hookups,

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San Antonio to Seminole Canyon

May 1 – 4, 2016: From our San Antonio accommodation, we were able to take the public bus downtown ($1.30 per person, about a 25 minute ride). We visited The Alamo – it was quite busy (it was Sunday) and it wasn’t really my thing but was a decent lesson on the history of (now) Texas.

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