Baylor Pass Trail
I didn’t hike Baylor Pass when I was doing Habitat in Las Cruces 2 years ago. That was a mistake. Baylor Pass is a 6 mile long trail over the beautiful Organ Mountains.… Continue reading
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Three Rivers Petroglyph Site and a Bit of Hiking in Lincoln National Forest
The next weekend excursion took us to Three Rivers Petroglyph site, an area that contains an amazing 20,000 petroglyphs left by the Jornada Mogollon peoples. The mile long ridge on which the images… Continue reading
A Hike in Soledad Canyon Recreation Area
Our next couple days off from building we decided to explore the Soledad Canyon area ten miles southeast of Las Cruces. Located in the western foothills of the Organ Mountains, this area where… Continue reading
Pine Tree Trail, Aguirre Springs National Recreation Area
Our second weekend off from Habitat we headed to the nearby Aguirre Springs Area on the other side of the Organ Mountains from Las Cruces to hike the Pine Tree Trail. Starting at… Continue reading
Hiking and Touring in Lincoln National Forest, An Odd Visit at Fort Stanton, and Elk!
Our first weekend off from Habitat we drove up into the Sierra Blanca mountains of Lincoln National Forest, about a hundred miles east of Las Cruces. I had been itching to hike in… Continue reading
Dogwalks, Breweries, and Other Las Cruces Explorations
While we were in Las Cruces building with Habitat for Humanity we had some pretty great weekend adventures, but we had some pretty great everyday adventures too in the forms of dog walking,… Continue reading
Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity 2016, Part 2
As amazing as the organization is and as much as I believe in the mission, it’s truly the people involved with Habitat that make it so wonderful: all the homeowners, Paula and Maria… Continue reading
Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity 2016
Beginning in January Tom and I spent 8 weeks in Las Cruces, New Mexico building houses for Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity. As most people probably know, Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit… Continue reading
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument and the Phenomenal Sante Fe Brewing Company
The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks are a remarkably unique geological feature formed when nearby volcanoes in the Jemez Field spewed pyroclastic flows approximately 7 million years ago. Ash, pumice, and tuff from the volcano… Continue reading
Petroglyph National Monument
Petroglyph National Monument protects an area containing over 20,000 petroglyphs etched into the basalt boulders that have broken off the 17-mile-long volcanic escarpment on the western outskirts of Albuquerque. Although most of these… Continue reading