Monthly Archives: March 2006

We were kind of slow getting up this morning… until the gunfire began.  We got our stuff together and got out.  As we were leaving, we saw in the next campsite someone shooting at targets with an earth berm behind … Continue reading →

Early this morning we saw Border Patrol pass through the camping area.  I guess we’re still not too far from the border.   We got started early to get to Kartchner Caverns.  This is a newly discovered cave, first discovered in … Continue reading →

Cooked a good breakfast of chorizo and eggs (Soy-rizo, actually)  It was nice to have a good breakfast.  When we’re in a hurry to catch a tour or start a hike early, we just have some oatmeal or dry cereal.  … Continue reading →

Chiricahua National Monument, AZ. We caught the shuttle van to the top of the mountain and filled the last two seats open. We talked to the ranger for a few minutes and laid out a route for us to se … Continue reading →

We woke up this morning to find the truck covered in snow and the thermometer said it was 24 degrees.  We started up the dirt road but the truck had other plans.  The gas gauge began acting odd.  It would … Continue reading →

As we were breaking camp to go, it started snowing on us.  We were earlyfor the guided tour, so we took a short 3 mile hike into the Wilderness in snowflurries.  We ran into 3 people (one was a teacher … Continue reading →

We went to the Cafe and Bakery adjacent to the Lodge for breakfast.  We’ve been cooking almost every meal, so eating out is a real treat.  We went up to to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and found out there’s … Continue reading →

We had a beautiful sunrise over White Sands this morning.  We broke camp early and hiked back to the truck.  We met some other folks in the parking lot also on Spring Break from Tucson, AZ.  They recommended Karchner Caverns … Continue reading →

This morning several campers left the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site early.  We talked to another camper, Jim Courts, who is a retired park superintendent for the Custer Battlefield Park (his last park) and has worked at or visited most of … Continue reading →