Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Lighthouse Trail

Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Texas

April 2008

Our goal: The Lighthouse, is barely visible (upper center) from a roadside overlook:

Trailhead:

Views along the trail:

On Kellisa's Spring Break, we visited Palo Duro Canyon with our Primo Matt, the day after visiting Black Mesa in Oklahoma. 

Badwater Basin

Badwater Basin

Lowest Point in North America

282 ft. Below Sea Level

Death Valley National Park

November 2010

Four Corners

Four Corners

Arizona-Utah-Colorado-New Mexico

June 2007

4 wheels - 4 states

The only place in the United States where four states border each other. Besides standing in four states, you are also standing in the Navajo Nation.

Southernmost Point

Southernmost Point

Continental U.S.A.

Key West, FL

November 8, 2003

White Sands National Monument

White Sands National Monument

New Mexico

March 2012

The Organ Mountains rise between Las Cruces and White Sands National Monument:

Our last training hike (7 miles) before the 2012 Bataan Memorial Death March:

Sierra Blanca rises to 11,981ft. above the sand dunes. After talking to a family from Albuquerque, we learned that Ski Apache on the slopes of Sierra Blanca Peak offers skiing for the disabled. Look for pictures of Kellisa snow skiing next year... 

Kellisa is all smiles after our hike as we drive back to the hotel: