Travel Libertarian Fortification – Bishop Castle
While the Great Sand Dunes are a bizarre natural phenomenon, Bishop Castle is an artificial one. The castle is gorgeous...
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Travel A Desert in the Mountains – Great Sand Dunes National Park
We drove through Taos after Tent Rocks and were so enraptured by the Pueblo tour there that we hardly took any photos. ...
Travel The White Cliffs – Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
After imagining ourselves living in ancient public housing blocks, it was time to recoup, do laundry, and talk to a mech...
Travel Ancient Apartment Block – Bandelier National Monument
After taking in arguably the ancient world's most important central hub, our journey took us East, into the Valles Calde...
Travel Economy and Scale – Chaco Canyon National Historic Park
Thoroughly impressed by what the ancient Pueblo Indians created, we headed towards the more well-known ancestral cultura...
Travel Rebuilding the Past – Aztec Ruins National Monument
After the immersive and engaging Mersa Verde, it was time for us to revisit New Mexico, as we still had Santa Fe and Tao...
Travel UNESCO Before it was Cool – Mesa Verde National Park
Thoroughly stunned by the ship, our next stop took us further Northeast into Colorado and the town of Cortez. The town ...
Travel Monadnock of Fame – Shiprock
With one of the regions oldest Navajo dwellings fresh in our minds, we headed Northeast towards the Four Corners. I had...
Travel A NPS Monument in a Nation in a Country – Canyon de Chelly National Monument
A long-time home for the Navajo, Canyon de Chelly still houses several Navajo people. Oddly enough, Chelly means "canyo...
Travel The Balance of Sacred Tourism – Monument Valley
After possibly one of my favorite nights camping under the stars, we continued South towards Monument Valley. The road ...
