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Arkansas’s Serene Thorncrown Chapel – A Eureka Springs Must See!
Today’s post is going to be short and sweet! This attraction is a little different, because it’s a place that’s more than a roadside attraction, but not a full blown let’s-spend-hours-here kind of attraction either. Whatever it is, it’s definitely worth stopping at if you are near Eureka Springs, AR! Thorncrown Chapel is a beautiful little church located off Highway 62, the same highway as Inspiration Point, which I have previously posted about. It’s made out of wood and glass and settled in the midst of a beautiful wooded area. I’ve seen other churches that have glassed walls like this, but this one is unique because of the surrounding forest. When I first sat in…
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park: McKittrick Canyon
McKittrick Canyon is a place that lies in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the middle of nowhere, West Texas. Before I go into detail on this hike, I have a confession to make to all of you…I lived within a 40 minute drive to this hike – which is one of the top places to view fall colors in the whole state of Texas -for three years, and I never took advantage of it!!! Of course, I have the best of excuses, up to and including the fact that I DID drive allllll the way out to McKittrick Canyon at the height of the fall colors only to be turned away because…
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Take a Hike in Ft Worth’s Marion Sansom Park
First and foremost, I just want everyone to know that I got an absurd amount of pleasure from putting the phrase “take a hike” in my title. *blissful sigh* It’s the little things in life! I lived in Ft Worth, TX for the first 23 years of my life, and I feel like I’ve discovered more outdoor things to do there since I’ve left than when I lived there! (Granted, I had not known how much I loved hiking back then…so that probably had a lot to do with it.) When I was visiting my family a couple of Thanksgiving’s ago, my sister took me to Marion Sansom Park, a…
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Telluride, CO: A Traveler’s Perspective
Telluride is without a doubt the most interesting town I have ever been to…and definitely one of the most beautiful. Prior to 2013, I had only heard of Telluride in relation to the Telluride Film Festival that I read about in my grandmother’s highly educational tabloid magazines. I never thought about Telluride again until I was living in Colorado Springs. I was googling “hiking in Colorado” when I saw the Telluride scenery for the first time. I wasn’t sure because I had never been there, but I was pretty certain I had just discovered the most amazing place since the New World. It took me three long years before I…
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Trading Camps: My Move to Colorado Springs
Well folks, you read right…I’m now living in Colorado Springs, CO! Some of you who know me know I lived here for an eight-month stretch back in 2012-2013. We were beyond broke and couldn’t afford to drive anywhere in the beautiful place we were living, so my husband took a job in Carlsbad, NM to work in the oilfields. Obviously, we were not thrilled about leaving Colorado. Our plan back then was to move to Carlsbad, make a lot of money, and then move back to Colorado after about a year. Needless to say, that’s not quite how things panned out. We got to Carlsbad, and after our stretch of living in a tent,…
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New Mexico’s Roadside Attractions: Cloudcroft’s Mexican Trestle
If you are driving from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft any time soon then you are sure to pass my Roadside attraction: The Cloudcroft Mexican Trestle! The Mexican trestle is a large part of Cloudcroft’s history. Every time I pass through here (and it’s actually pretty often) I always see people stopping to take their pics with the trestle in the background. After reading this article, YOU could be one of those people!! (To see what else there is to do in Cloudcroft, click here!) Directions: The trestle is located off HWY 82, right outside of Cloudcroft. It’s accessible going toward Cloudcroft. If you are coming from Cloudcroft, then drive slow and be prepared to make…
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Hiking and Camping in NM’s Organ Mountains – What to Know!
So, this post is a bit of a throwback to my yesteryears! (slash, from 2012) I really wanted to make a post about it though, because it’s one of the few cool outdoor things there are to do in Las Cruces, NM. The Organ Mountains of Las Cruces, NM are pretty iconic for locals around the area. They have a lot of distinguishing character in my opinion, and I enjoyed seeing them every day for the 10 months that I lived there. When I lived in Cruces I was working an unholy amount, (I practically lived at Chili’s) and I didn’t feel like I got to do very much exploring of…
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Oregon’s McKenzie Pass: Dee Wright Observatory
As many of you know, I was lucky enough to go on a truly epic trip through Oregon a while ago. On the second leg of our trip, we cut east across the state to Sisters, OR. Along the way, we decided to take the McKenzie Scenic Highway instead of the traditional road to Sisters – and we did not regret it! The scenic highway has so much to offer – Proxy Falls, lakes, trails, McKenzie Pass, and the Dee Wright Observatory! I love how sometimes the best part of a trip is from chance! We were spending our last night on the Oregon Coast, and as I was googling directions to…
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Guadalupe Peak: The Tallest Mountain in Texas!
I seriously debated titling this post “Guadalupe Peak: A Masochist’s Dream”, or even better, “Guadalupe Peak: What was almost my Grave.” In the end, however, I decided to stick to milk-toast “The Tallest Mountain in Texas”. It had a nicer ring to it. I would be willing to bet that many of Texas resident’s haven’t even heard of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, even though it’s home to the tallest point in the whole state, as well as the #1 place to see fall colors in the whole state. I know I sure never heard of it, and I spent my first 23 years there! Guadalupe Mountains National Park lies…
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How I survived being Homeless for a month
Those of you who know me know that when I moved to Carlsbad NM, I was homeless for the first month. When I say I was homeless, I don’t mean it in the sense that most people think of it. When I think of the term “homeless”, I picture a specific scene in downtown Ft. Worth. If you take the Lancaster exit from Northbound I-35 at night, you will often find a handful of homeless people sleeping under the bridges. To me, this is the true definition of homeless: no job, no car, no home, and no possessions except those that you can carry around with you. My homelessness was…
