Happy 100th Birthday Scotts Bluff National Monument On December 12, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson dedicated Scotts Bluff National Monument – a testament to westward expansion. Located in… Continue reading “Happy 100th Birthday Scotts Bluff National Monument”…
Hovenweep National Monument: Native American Indian Heritage In 1990, November was declared National Native American Indian Heritage month. This made us think about the units of the… Continue reading “Hovenweep National Monument: Native American Indian Heritage”…
El Morro: Oasis in the Desert When you are traveling in the desert southwest, you quickly realize how rare it is to find reliable sources of… Continue reading “El Morro: Oasis in the Desert”…
Scary Places: Lava Beds National Monument When we think of scary places on Halloween, our thoughts turn to bats and dark caves. In our travels to… Continue reading “Scary Places: Lava Beds National Monument”…
A New York Welcome: Statue of Liberty National Monument We are heading off to visit New York City this coming weekend and it got us to thinking about all… Continue reading “A New York Welcome: Statue of Liberty National Monument”…
Out on the Box: Castle Mountains National Monument If you want to get away from it all and experience the solitude of the Mojave Desert, consider Castle Mountains… Continue reading “Out on the Box: Castle Mountains National Monument”…
Labor Day at Cesar E. Chavez National Monument As we celebrate the Labor Day holiday weekend, most of us probably don’t take much time to reflect on the… Continue reading “Labor Day at Cesar E. Chavez National Monument”…
Cabrillo National Monument – More than the first landing site Driving to Cabrillo National Monument in southern California, we weren’t expecting to see row upon row of white headstones on… Continue reading “Cabrillo National Monument – More than the first landing site”…
Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico – A Different Kind of Fort Recently we were at the National Park Travelers convention in Flagstaff and we met a gentleman who said that his… Continue reading “Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico – A Different Kind of Fort”…
Remote desert oasis: Pipe Spring National Monument Talk about remote national park units…. how about Pipe Spring National Monument in northern Arizona? Folks driving from Grand Canyon… Continue reading “Remote desert oasis: Pipe Spring National Monument”…