It has been awhile since our last blog, but for those who
are interested in what there is to do around New Mexico, here is what we have
been up to over the last month:
Red Rock State Park:
This is an awesome park just outside of Gallup, with some
of the best hiking we have found in the area.
The whole time it felt like we were walking through the Desert Dome at
the Omaha zoo. It was also a good spot
Zuni Pueblo:
Just a half hour away from us is the old town of
Zuni. This marks the point of first
contact between the Spaniards and Pueblo people. It also has a strong connection to El Morro
National Monument because the ancestors of the Zuni people that lived on top of
the monument hundreds of years ago.
Caving Madness!
This year is destined to be another year of epic caving!
Four months into the year and we’ve hit four caves... so far-all of them lava
tubes. The last three have been in El
Malpais Nat. Monument just 30 minutes down the road from us. The Big Tubes were fairly remote, requiring a
long drive down a rutted dirt-road, a hike across the lava fields to get to the
entrance, and then down climb of about 50 feet to get into the cave itself. Junction cave was much tamer (which Teresa
appreciated). We were able to see a few
bats along the way and celebrate the end with some Easter beef jerky J
