Scenes from Lubbock, Texas
Prairie Dog Town Gotta stop and see Prairie Dog Town while visiting Lubbock – especially since it might not be there for long. It was established in the 1930s by K.N. Clapp, who was alarmed …
Category: Nature
Lubbock Memorial Arboretum and Clapp Park
We wound up in Texas in August in a van because Doug had a work event. While he was working, I went to look at flowers at the Lubbock Memorial Arboretum, which is part of …
Roswell, New Mexico is Out of this World!
We went to Roswell, New Mexico preparing to be amused, and we were. It is all aliens, all the time. Want a burrito? There’s an alien eating a burrito out front. Want a car wash? …
Rattlesnake Museum
WARNING: The Rattlesnake Museum is all about rattlesnakes, so if snakes give you the heebie-jeebies, you might want to skip this post! Albuquerque is home to the Rattlesnake Museum, supposedly the world’s largest collection of …
Sandia Peak Tramway
Doug loves his tram, cogway railroads, funiculars, and aerial cable cars, so of course we took a ride on the Sandia Peak Tramway, an aerial tramway outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico (new state!). The tram …
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is on Google Maps with a location of simply “Colorado,” so I’ll orient it by saying it’s roughly in the center of the southern part of the state, …
Amusements / Flowers / Nature / Religion
A Visit to Crestone, Colorado
We had a long-planned trip to visit our friend Krissy while she happened to be in Crestone for a spell (she normally resides on the west coast). We had a great time on our few …
Birds, Bites, and a Bunny from the Denver, Colorado Area
Doug and I wound up spending a fair amount of time bouncing around the Denver area. In addition to visiting lots of museums, we got in a good amount of birding, and of course we …
Denver Nature and Science Museum
Besides exhibits on “The Power of Poison” and “Vasily Konovalenko: Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life,” the Denver Nature and Science Museum had plenty to keep me occupied on a very hot July afternoon. The …
Denver Botanic Gardens – Part II
Look, I had almost 400 pictures from a few hours in the Denver Botanic Gardens, so I don’t feel bad I have two posts for the gardens. Everyone should just be grateful there are only …