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| We love to travel, but our hometown of Los Alamos, New Mexico also offers beautiful views and dozens of hiking trails and three nearby national parks/monuments |
January
Maui and Honolulu for our niece Sarah's wedding [Destinations]
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| Waikiki Beach from the air |
February
Greg drove to Las Vegas to meet me to watch our nephew compete in a Warhammer tournament.
Los Alamos to Yuma
Yuma to Laughlin
Tecopa Hot Springs, Pahrump, Red Rocks & Las Vegas
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Valley of Fire & Snowbird Mesa
Vegas for Warhammer and a snowy Grand Canyon
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| Grand Canyon |
March
Touring Taos Earthships (New Mexico)
Sand Dunes Swimming Pool & RV Park (Colorado)
Hiking the Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado)
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| Sand Dunes National Park |
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| Hiking across from the Sand Dunes Swimming Pool |
April
Chaco Canyon National Monument (New Mexico)
I didn't write about this year's trip, but here is blog post from year the year before. [2014 Post]
We love Chaco Canyon and try to go several times each year. Great hiking and amazing night skies. But a rough road to get there.
Faywood Hot Springs & Silver City (New Mexico)
Gila Hot Springs & Gila Cliff Dwellings (New Mexico)
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| 2015 Chaco Canyon |
Orient Land Trust/Valley View Hot Springs (Colorado)
Utah for family graduation & baptism - Lake Jordanelle
Utah to Mt. Rushmore
Part 1 - Utah
Part 2 - Wyoming
Part 3 - Mt. Rushmore & Custer State Park
Part 4 - Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and back to Los Alamos NM
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| Buffalo at Custer State Park |
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| We made it to Mt. Rushmore |
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| Crazy Horse Memorial |
June
Valles Caldera and hiking Pajarito Mountain (Los Alamos, NM)
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| Valles Caldera |
July
4th of July in Pagosa Springs (Colorado)
Boondocking at Alta Lakes (Colorado)
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| Pagosa Springs, Colorado looking down into the valley where we camped |
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| Boondocking site near Alta Lakes |
August
Crestone Music Festival (Colorado)
Cumbres, Toltec Railroad (New Mexico) & Ouray (Colorado)
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| Crestone, Colorado |
September
Breckenridge, Red Rocks, Strawberry Hot Springs & Aspen (Colorado)
Part 1 - Breckenridge
Part 2 - Strawberry Hot Springs and Aspen
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| Difficult Campground in Aspen, Colorado |
October
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta and Xscapers 1st Convergence (New Mexico)
Greg drove to California to meet me for family birthday party
Los Alamos to Salvation Mountain to San Diego to Lake Tahoe to Concord
Concord to Laughlin to north rim of Grand Canyon
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| Homemade go cart fun with our niece and nephew |
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| The heat of Laughlin, NV to the wet, cold of the Grand Canyon all on the same day |
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| Cloudy north rim of the Grand Canyon |
November
Elephant Butte & Bosque del Apache (New Mexico)
Blogger Meet-ups
We had our first blogger meet up in 2014 when we got the chance to hike and eat with Amanda and Tim of Watsons Wander. This year, we went to our first blogger/fulltimer gathering at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. It was the first convergence for Xscapers. We met a number of bloggers who we have followed including Wheeling It; Technomadia; RV Wanderlust; Drive, Dive Devour; Rolling Recess; The Roaming Pint; The Kuhl Odyssey; RV Outlawz; WanderWasi; Rolling Under the Stars; Thisawayz and Thatawayz. We also drove to Abiquiu Lake to meet and chat with Evie and her mom (Joy). Before the Balloon Fiesta we went to Santa Fe to have dinner with Brittany & Eric of RV Wanderlust. We camped next to Rolling with Grass and met Kate and her dogs at Elephant Butte and chatted with Lynne of Winnie Views at Bosque del Apache where she was volunteering.
It was an adventure filled year and we can't wait to see where all we go and who we meet in 2016!
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Oh my gosh you guys really get around. I'm so glad that mom and I were a part of you year. We hope to see you again sometime in 2016. Safe travels and keep it up.
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