Mike and I love road trips!
Although short (and involving 12+ hours of driving), our 4-day weekend to New Mexico reaped TONS of fun and R&R … and even a bit of adventure.

Highlights were spending time with Carol and Manuel, eating GREAT New Mexican cuisine, and taking 2 adventurous and rewarding hikes.

Enjoy this visual trip report!
(All photos by Patrice Rhoades-Baum except the photo below-left, by Michael Baum.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The slot canyon at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument was a pleasant surprise and grand adventure for our Saturday hike! According to the BLM, the cone-shaped tent rock formations are a result of volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million years ago and left pumice, ash, and tuff deposits over 1,000 feet thick. A small stream cut the slot canyon. Learn more about this wonderland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike is digging the warm New Mexico sun.

 

On Sunday, Manuel guided us to see arches and a petroglyph panel in El Malpais National Conservation Area. “El Malpais” translates to “the badlands” in Spanish, so named for the rugged lava flows remaining from multiple volcanic eruptions in the distant past. Click to learn more.