New Mexico / Colorado

[caver]

Near Pagosa Springs is Chimney Rock. I took a tour there maybe 8 years ago and enjoyed it. Archaeological Sites at Chimney Rock National Monument

 

[WM75Guy]

What month was that?

June.

 

[5030]

I'm no help except to say I've hunted in both states and taken game in both states as well. We always drive as it's too big of a hassle transporting firearms on aircraft and we usually book hunts with lodge accomodations as well.

 

[jyoutz]

What month was that?

August in the southern Rockies in northern NM and Southern Colorado will be in the 80s with clear warm mornings and afternoon thunderstorms likely. My favorite time of year here (July-September). Green and lots of wildflowers.

 

[jyoutz]

Near Pagosa Springs is Chimney Rock. I took a tour there maybe 8 years ago and enjoyed it. Archaeological Sites at Chimney Rock National Monument

The whole four corners area has a lot of Native American archeological sites. Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos and Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez are two of the most impressive.

Bandelier National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of ruggedly beautiful canyon and mesa country. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls pay tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.

www.nps.gov

Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 27 Pueblos and Tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past. This World Heritage Site and International...

www.nps.gov

 

[ericm979]

California mexican food is often good for sure. But my first exposure to mexican food was in Arizona and I learned to like chiles. A lot. California tends to be more varied with a lot of fresh vegetables while the southwest is more into chiles.

 

[jyoutz]

California mexican food is often good for sure. But my first exposure to mexican food was in Arizona and I learned to like chiles. A lot. California tends to be more varied with a lot of fresh vegetables while the southwest is more into chiles.

In NM even fast food restaurants like McDonald's have green chile cheeseburgers. We are indeed addicted to chile peppers.

 

[Sigarms]

August in the southern Rockies in northern NM and Southern Colorado will be in the 80s with clear warm mornings and afternoon thunderstorms likely. My favorite time of year here (July-September). Green and lots of wildflowers.

Good to know. Will take one pair of "warm" clothes though.

When I was single and spent a lot of time in Idaho, my "local buddies" out there taught me to come out always before memorial day to beat the inevitable Memorial day crowds and summer crowds afterwards. When I started going to Utah hiking on my own, kept the same philosophy to beat the crowds.

Always remember taking my girlfriend (at the time) and my dad on a trip in early May to Utah (first time they met). Dad was 70 at the time, and what my mom used to call "cold blooded" when he slept. Me and my girlfriend in one tent, my dad in the other tent. My girlfriend (now wife) told me she could hear my dad shivering in the tent next to us (I've always called her Jamie Summers because she has bionic hearing IMO). Long story short, we got him in the car to warm him up, and my girlfriend told me "no more tent sleeping, we're staying in hotels from here on out" (the downside to going in early May with an "old guy" who gets cold really easy). Dad didn't have a problem after that LOL

For some time, always kayaked on January 1st for our annual "new years day boat trip". West Virginia and New York gets downright cold on January 1st. When we'd get off the river, we'd have to hop in the trucks with the heaters going full blast just to thaw out our dry tops to be able to unzipper up because the zipper was frozen and you couldn't get the dry top off.

A very long story to come around to the fact that now that I'm pushing 60 myself, I'm more like my dad every day and prefer warm over cold. I can keep the basement at 65F though and don't have a problem. Always had to keep it at least at 70F for my dad though.

 

[Sigarms]

The whole four corners area has a lot of Native American archeological sites. Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos and Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez are two of the most impressive.

Bandelier National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of ruggedly beautiful canyon and mesa country. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls pay tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.

www.nps.gov

Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 27 Pueblos and Tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past. This World Heritage Site and International...

www.nps.gov

Mesea Verde National Park I have mentioned to my wife as a stop. I went there myself when I'd go out to Utah one time, but that was one place I didn't take her and my dad when we went out there.

No doubt I'll probably be shocked to see how much Moab has changed over 20 years ago if we get there this year.

 

[jyoutz]

Mesea Verde National Park I have mentioned to my wife as a stop. I went there myself when I'd go out to Utah one time, but that was one place I didn't take her and my dad when we went out there.

No doubt I'll probably be shocked to see how much Moab has changed over 20 years ago if we get there this year.

Moab has never excited me. Just my perspective because I know it’s a destination for many people. Too barren for me.