near Roosevelt, Ariz.
Visited: March 23, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 174 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Secluded 13th, 14th and 15th-century Salado Indian cliff dwellings perched high in the rugged Upper Sonoran Desert mountains and overlooking the Tonto Valley.
BEAUTY (8/10)
A beautiful blue sky, towering Saguaro cacti, organ pipe cacti, a cool high altitude setting, rocky mountainsides [...]
Archive for March, 2005
Tonto National Monument
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Chiricahua National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2005 | 1 Comment »
southeastern Arizona
Visited: March 9, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 168 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
An unexpectedly soaring high altitude “sky island” oasis, the remnants of a 27 million-year old violent volcanic eruption. The result is towering narrow hoodoo rock pinnacles surrounded by mountains in a land that holds an incredible variant of animal and plant species.
BEAUTY (9/10)
How [...]
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
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near Willcox, Ariz.
Visited: March 9, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 167 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Ruins of a large adobe U.S. Military Fort. Construction began on Fort Apache in 1862 with the purpose of protecting travelers from the hostile Chiricahua Apaches. The Fort became obsolete just 24 years later when the last Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrendered on [...]
White Sands National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
near Alamogordo, N.Mex.
Visited: March 6, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 166 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The world’s largest gypsum dune field. In other words, nearly 200,000 acres of impossibly white sand dunes that rise to heights as tall as 60 feet.
BEAUTY (9/10)
The dunes are so white that the sky’s reflection becomes purple. Your mind wants [...]
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Bats, Caves, Geology, New Mexico, Science Fiction, World Heritage Site on March 5, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Carlsbad, N.Mex.
Visited: March 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 165 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Your idealized image of a subterranean wonderland. Carlsbad Caverns is the cave by which all others are judged. You may know it as the place where the classic science fiction film, Journey to the Center of the Earth was filmed.
BEAUTY [...]
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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near Pine Springs, Texas
Visited: March 4, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 164 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
A National Park, suited especially for hikers, which includes the highest peak in Texas. During the Permian age, the area was underwater and the Guadalupe Mountains are actually the remnants of a non-coral reef.
BEAUTY (7/10)
The exposed reef that is the [...]
Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2005 | 1 Comment »
southwestern Texas
Visited: February 28, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 162 and 163 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
The southwestern part of Texas where its Mexican border, the Rio Grande, takes a sharp U-Turn. The impossibly rugged area consists of desert, mountainous sky islands and lush wildflowers. Big Bend NP is a world-renowned bird watching location.
BEAUTY (9/10)
The scenery of [...]
