Collection of blog posts about trips and travel
Summer in Santa Fe
Unfortunately, I don’t have many photos from my summer split between Santa Fe and Socorro. I interned for the NM State Land Office – two days a week in person, and three remote. My first week on the job, I was cat/house sitting for the family of a friend. Lulu is an incredibly sweet little…
White Oaks Miner’s Day 2025
Each year in August, the living ghost town of White Oaks, New Mexico, hosts the White Oaks Miner’s Day celebration. Activities include a parade, an outhouse race, shopping and eating, live music performances, and multiple museums. White Oaks became a boomtown in the late 1870s and early 1880s, shortly after the discovery of a rich…
Salinas Pueblo Missions & the Former Lake Estancia
On August 14th, 2025, I traveled to Central New Mexico to visit the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. I didn’t leave myself enough time to visit all three sites, but I enjoyed my time at Abó, Gran Quivira, and the visitor center in Mountainair. I had previously visited Quarai in 2017, so I felt less…
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