Rainbow over Las Cruces

Rainbow and storms in Las Cruces heading east towards San Augustin Pass

I don’t have a ton of photos from my time visiting family in Las Cruces. Mostly we sat around, talked and caught-up on life, and basically just ate a ton of delicious food. One particular night we were headed to get Thai food and ran into some heavy localized rain which is of course it … Read more

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument – OHV Exploration

OHV exploration at Prehistoric Trackways BLM land

Did some more driving around and OHV exploration just for the sake of seeing new things. We’ve always known there are some trails at the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument but never had a vehicle that suited for these kinds of adventures. Long story short that didn’t matter because these trails are a bit confusing on … Read more

Organ Mountains – Baylor Canyon Rd Dispersed Camping

Baylor Canyon Road Dispersed Camping - Moody sunrise views at Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument

I don’t have many photos from my time visiting family in Las Cruces as I was focused on enjoying our time together and not photography. Didn’t come away empty-handed though: My concerns about allergies to their cats led me to test out alternate lodging options, and my dispersed camp in the BLM land off Baylor … Read more

Organ Mountains – Fillmore Canyon

Organ Mountains Fillmore Canyon Trail - Red rocks at sunset

Rolled into Las Cruces very early in the afternoon meaning I had a few hours of daylight for a hike – finally, A HIKE! Weather was perfect and I was dying to stretch my legs. Drove to a couple super off-beat trailheads I found on AllTrails but roads were impassable. Gave up and headed to … Read more

Dripping Springs Natural Area

Dripping Springs Natural Area – Trail into the Organ Mountains

Last Day in New Mexico for this trip.  9/22 is National Public Lands Day meaning it was time to get outside and stretch my legs.  No better place than the Organ Mountains right in Las Cruces just miles from the house. My mom Sue wanted to see Dripping Springs and hit the trails with me.  … Read more

City of Rocks State Park

City of Rocks State Park – Rock formations

Today was a bit more relaxed than typical.  Did laundry & packed up my hunting gear for shipment which kept me in Las Cruces all morning.  Headed out to Deming for lunch with Dad at Irma’s Restaurant which has some dynamite food (best chicken gorditas anywhere).  Plan for the day was to check out the … Read more

2011 Las Cruces, NM Vacation

Visited my family in Las Cruces, New Mexico back in October 2011 and had a blast!  Here are some photos of our adventures for your enjoyment.  Will update the captions and such at some point in the future if I get the time! White Sands National Monument Prehistoric Trackways National Monument National Solar Observatory/ Sacramento … Read more