Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure

[Appfaff]

Looks awesome! Just needs some dune buggy’s !!

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[Matt]

@Appfaff I had precisely the same notion.  As you know those are big out here and we generally look down our noses at them due to how aggressively the erode the landscape, but my man chromosomes just want to haul ass.

[Matt]

Super 8 in Alomogordo has some totally retro decor…

[Giles]

How did that park get its name  ?

[Matt]

Yet another unsolvable mystery of the wild American frontier.

Some fun facts:

-The “sand” is gypsum. 
-The animals that live here are the same as those just outside the park but these have all evolved to be white. 
-People, on average, eat about 30 ponds of gypsum on a lifetime.
-National Park sand gets all up in your underwear every bit as much as beach sand.

[Matt]

New Mexico doesn’t have much need for tunnels but Lincoln National Forest has one of the few…

[Matt]

Mexican Canyon Railroad Trestle…

[Matt]

[mclaincausey]

Man I love the desert. If y’all get up north, we really loved Taos, Cimarron Canyon, and the surrounding areas up there. We went during shoulder season so Taos was quietly beautiful and a great retreat and recharge. Had a northern NM blue corn adobada enchilada that inspires me to this day.

Then, speaking of tunnels, we never got there yet but want to explore Valles Caldera and the Gilman Tunnels. Might be a fun loop for your family to take that route and loop through Santa Fe. Bet the kids (and adult kids) would enjoy the Meow Wolf museum. One is opening here in Denver soon and we can hardly wait!

[Matt]

All that stuff is on our radar.  So much to take in here.  We’re going to see Japanese Breakfast at Meow Wolf without the kids.  We’ll take them there eventually.

Here’s lunch.  Sturgill is killing it on the radio…

[Matt]

[cwcaswell]

How was Japanese breakfast? Also meow wolf? Only ever heard amazing things about that place

[Matt]

That’s not until October.  We’re excited about both.  Dinosaur Jr in Feb.  Happy to be going to shows again.

[Matt]

Today’s hike was the Devil’s Hall Trail.  The girls did well for a 4.5 miler under a hot sun with plenty of large flies and some rock scrambling.

[Giles]

@Matt:

large flies

Is that what the flying thing is on the left of the 3rd image?

[Matt]

That could be  a hawk.  They have golden e Ashley’s too.  Probably not that.  Good spot.  The flies were about the same size though.

[Matt]

So far every night here involves us fighting an epic battle with our children to settkecthemcenigh for us all to go to sleep.  Alas, suites were not available here.  Thank God for this little gem…

[Snowy]

Looks battle hardened 

[Matt]

It was a gift from a former coworker.  She’ll never know it’s true value.

[Matt]

We’re doing the cavern tour tomorrow but we did the bat flight talk last night.  There’s an amphitheater at the mouth of the cavern opening and every night at sunset 500,000 bats ascend to frolic.  No photos allowed sadly.  It was pretty magnificent though.  Lots of Karen’s saying shit like “How muchlonger are these bats going to be?  I can’t sit out here all night.”    ???