Category: National Monuments
Fort Union National Monument
Visited: March 2018 Duration: 2-3 hours Accommodations: Las Vegas, NM (28 miles South of Fort Union) Fort Union was once a bustling community where soldiers practiced army drills, blacksmiths hammered out horseshoes and wheels for wagons. Traders traded items and news in English and…
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Visited: March 2018 Duration: 2-3 hours We arrived at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument around 8 am. We were one of the first cars in the parking lot. We entered in the South part of the park coming from Hwy 22. At this part…
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Petroglyph National Monument
Duration: 2-3 hours For the next stop on National Park Trip Season 3: Spring Break edition we traveled north to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Petroglyph National Monument is located just off to the west of Albuquerque, directly north of I40. We headed straight to the…
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Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Welcome back, the next stop we made on our Spring Break National Park trip was Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. There are four different sites to visit at this monument: Abo, Quarai, Gran Quivira and the Headquarters/Visitor Center located in Mountanair, New Mexico. We…
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White Sands National Monument
Boy are you in for a treat at this place! The boys both agree that this was the highlight of the trip. I wasn’t expecting this much fun after trying to sand sled at Great Sand Dunes National Park. The difference was astounding. We…
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George Washington Carver National Monument
Spring Break 2018- National Park Trip Season 3.1 has started!! This is the first stop of many on this trip heading toward the Southwest Region of the National Park Passport Book. This stop is in the very bottom of the Midwest Region. I knew…
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Jewel Cave National Monument
Jewel Cave, what can I say, this place was a gem! 💎💎 Just minutes outside of Custer, South Dakota, this is a great morning or afternoon stop. When we got there we grabbed our Junior Ranger books and set off on one of the hikes…
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Devils Tower
The next stop on National Park Trip Season 2 was Devils Tower National Monument. A perfect stop between all of the South Dakota landmarks and Yellowstone. Devils Tower was the first National Monument to become a National Monument! We were just passing by and…
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Pipestone National Monument
1st National Park/Monument on National Park Trip Season 2 is in Pipestone, Minnesota and boy what a treat this place was. We learned so much here, and it was all very interesting!! For nearly 2000 years the Plains Indians have prized this soft stone….
