We started out in July 2015 visiting the southeast part of New Mexico.  We visited the Carlsbad area, which included Carlsbad Caverns National Park (see the National Parks page) and the Living Desert State Park, and a few other interesting sites in the area.  We stayed at Brantley Lake State Park, a lovely park on Brantley Lake.  From there we went west to Capitan and Lincoln.  The above picture was taken at White Sands National Monument.

Living Desert State Park ~~ July 19, 2015
Lincoln - The Legend of Billy the Kid ~~ July 20, 2015
​Smoky the Bear, Capitan ~~ July 21, 2015

Unfortunately, our trip was cut short when our daughter called from Florida to inform us that she had stage 4 ovarian cancer and needed us to come to Florida to help her through surgery and chemo therapy.  We were in Florida from August through November 2015, then slowly made our way back west. (Our daughter is now cancer free and doing great.)  

We decided to start on our adventure again in 2016 by visiting Texas, then going west again through northern New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, and then back east along the southern route.

Norman & Vi Petty Rock 'n Roll Museum ~~ July 8, 2016
Route 66 Auto Museum ~~ July 9, 2016
Vietnam Veterans Memorial ~~ July 12, 2016
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge ~~ July 18, 2016
Kit Carson Home ~~ July 18, 2016
NRA Whittington Center ~~ July 20, 2016
Tinkertown Museum ~~ July 26, 2016
​New Mexico Mining Museum ~~ July 30, 2016
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary ~~ August 2, 2016
Deming, Luna, Mimbres Museum ~~ Oct. 7, 2016
Pistachio Tree Farm ~~ Oct. 11, 2016
St. James Hotel ~~ August 8, 2018