National Park – Page 3 – Make Like An Ape Man

Big Bend

Posted by Greg Posted on February 28, 2018 9 Comments

Posted in Coahuila, Mexico, National Park Service, Texas, Travel On The Dirt Tagged Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, Chisos Mountains, desert, Mexico, National Park, NPS, Rio Grande, Texas

January 24 – January 28. Journey to Tucson, Second Leg. On our drive from New Orleans to Tucson we chatted with our friend Deanna to see if she was ready to “receive” us. We were welcome, of course, but she…

A few surprises in the Chiricahua Mountains

Posted by Greg Posted on June 28, 2017 4 Comments

Posted in Arizona, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt Tagged Arizona, boondocking, Chiricahua National Monument, Coronado National Forest, Hippies, Hoodoos, National Monument, National Park, NPS, Rainbow Family, Rainbow Gathering, Rocks, The Chiricahua Mountains

February 13 – 15, 2017. We had already been up a long stretch of muddy road when we saw the yellow ‘Bump Ahead’ sign. It looked just like one you see on an interstate, except that the words ‘next 23…

Organ Pipe & Ajo

Posted by Greg Posted on April 14, 2017 0 Comments

Posted in Arizona, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt Tagged Ajo, Arizona, Cacti, National Monument, National Park, NPS, organ pipe cacti

January 27 – January 29, 2017. The Organ Pipe cacti are like us. They don’t like cold weather. We decided to head south to check them out at the Organ Pipe National Monument in Southern Arizona. We decided to break…

White Sands

Posted by Greg Posted on March 10, 2017 3 Comments

Posted in National Park Service, New Mexico, Travel On The Dirt Tagged Dog Canyon, Gypsum, National Monument, National Park, New Mexico, NPS, Oliver Lee Campground, Selenite Crystals, White Sands, White Sands National Monument

January 3 – January 4, 2017. To visit White Sands we stayed at the Oliver Lee campground ten miles south of Alamogordo, NM. The campground itself is interesting. It is at the base of Dog Canyon, where water flows year…

Missions of San Antonio

Posted by Greg Posted on February 21, 2017 1 Comment

Posted in National Park Service, Texas, The World, Travel On The Dirt, Unesco World Heritage Site Tagged Missions, National Historic Site, National Park, NPS, San Antonio, Spanish Mission, Texas

December 28. I’ve been to sites where the Incas and Mayans were conquered by Spaniards establishing a New Spain. I remember reading about killing, enslavement, and forced labor in mines. I was surprised to learn that the Coahuiltecan people of…

Three National Parks

Posted by Duwan Posted on February 13, 2017 1 Comment

Posted in Alabama, Louisiana, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt, West Virginia Tagged black history, Harpers Ferry, Jean Lafitte Park and Preserve, National Park, new orleans, NPS, Tuskegee Airmen

During our van build we took a little break at Thanksgiving time to visit some family in DC and Pennsylvania. We had our bed frame installed, so we decided to make it a mini adventure and do some boondocking and…