Four States, Four Limbs, and Forty Bucks: Navajo Nation and the Four Corners
The only place in America where four states meet — the classic one-body-four-states photo at Four Corners, and why $40 for twenty minutes still felt worth it.
7 Parks. 6 Days. 5 Kids. 4 States. 3 Minivan Rows. 2 Exhausted Parents. And 1 Welsh Springer Spaniel.
Seven parks, six days, five kids: the southern-border route from Guadalupe’s caverns to Organ Pipe’s cactus, and the seven Junior Ranger badges we earned.
Sledding, Sand, and Surprises at White Sands National Park
Blinding white gypsum dunes that squeak underfoot — sledding the hills at White Sands with five kids, plus the desert wildlife facts that unsettled them.
75 Stories Down: Exploring the Depths of Carlsbad Caverns
An elevator that sinks 75 stories into the earth — Carlsbad Caverns, once a 250-million-year-old reef, and its vast decorated chambers, explored with five kids.