Southwest US Travel 2019 (1) - Overview
Changde Wu 2020-02-05
Southwest US Travel 2019 (1) - Overview
During the year end of 2019, our family spent 11 days visiting southwestern US, mostly in New Mexico, also eastern Arizona and western Texas. This travel is a mixed bag of scenery tour, wildlife watching and making up of some sites skipped in our previous travel due to the time limitation.
This page is an overview of the trip, focusing on the itinerary, overall impression, and the roadside photos that are hard to be categorized. The subsequent pages will cover the topics of White Sand, Bandelier, Chiricahua, Carlsbad, Big Bend, and of course wildlife.
Part 1: Itinerary
| Date and Weather | Itinerary | Place of Stay |
|---|---|---|
|
12/24 PM Shower |
American Airline to El Paso via Dallas TX, arrived at 11:30 AM White Sand National Park |
Truth or Consequences, NM |
| 12/25 Mostly Sunny |
Elephant Butte State Park Bosque Del Apache NWR Sandia Crest (Albuquerque) |
Santa Fe, NM |
| 12/26 Mostly Sunny |
Los Alamos Nature Center Bandelier National Monument White Rock Overlook Santa Fe Ski Basin |
Santa Fe, NM |
| 12/27 Mostly Cloudy, Snow Storm |
Santa Fe Rio Grande Nature Center SP, Albuquerque Bosque Del Apache NWR |
Socorro, NM |
| 12/28 Clear |
Bosque Del Apache NWR | Socorro, NM |
| 12/29 Mostly Sunny |
Bosque Del Apache NWR Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course, Willcox |
Willcox, AZ |
| 12/30 Mostly Sunny |
Chiricahua National Monument | Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/31 Mostly Sunny |
White Sand National Park Carlsbad Cavern National Park Rattlesnake Springs (a Historic District of Carlsbad Cavern National Park) |
Carlsbad NM |
| 01/01 Mostly Sunny |
Guadalupe Mountains National Park El Paso Scenic overlook |
Alpine TX |
| 01/02 Mostly Sunny |
Big Bend National Park - Northern and Eastern Sections - Rio Grande Village, Boquillas Canyon |
Terlingua TX |
| 01/03 Cloudy |
Big Bend National Park - Western Section - Santa Elena Canyon, Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Chisos Basin |
El Paso TX |
| 01/04 Raining in Boston |
United Air to Boston via Houston |
Home |
Part 2: Travel summary and miscellaneous photos
P1 Dallas Texas from the air
P2 The desert in western Texas
P3 San Augustin Peak east of Las Cruces, NM
P4 Landmark of US Army White Sands Missile Range
P5 Elephant Butte Reservoir in the Rio Grande
P6 The snow peaks on the road side north of Truth and Consequences, NM
P7 Albuquerque valley from Sandia Crest
P8 Road from Santa Fe to Los Alamos
P9 The buttes and valleys in Los Alamos
P10 Tesuque Rain Gods, a extremely protected hoodoos on the roadside from Santa Fe to Los Alamos
P11 Santa Fe sunset from high mountain
P12 Santa Fe street night scene
P13 Santa Fe downtown
P14 Arts gallery in New Mexico State Capital Building
P15 Sandia Crest from Rio Grande Nature Center State Park, Albuquerque NM
P16 The mountains and highway around Truth or Consequences NM
P17 The sunset in Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
P18 Sandhill cranes in Bosque Del Apache NWR
P19 The sunset in Willcox AZ
P20 The mirror of Mount Peak from Lake Cochise, Willcox AZ
P21 Fresh snows on the peaks the on the way to Chiricahua National Monument
P22 Rattlesnake Springs Historic District, a site of Carlsbad National Park, a miracle place with spring in the desert area
P23 The road side scenery outside of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park
P24 The sunset in El Paso, Texas
P25 Close look at the The bridge between US and Mexico in El Paso. The orange colored X sign is in Mexico. Also note the tunnels and fence in the border.
P26 Dagger Flat, a rarely visited site in Big Bend National Park.
P27 Houston Airport (IAH) under the airplane
P28 Mississippi river under the high sky
Southwest US Travel 2019 (2) - Not Your Typical Scenery 