American Southwest trip thoughts
What are the thoughts on the below itinerary? What changes if any would you make? i.e. Different parks or time. We have 2 or 3 extra days to fill, where or how would you fill them. Here are the ov...
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2gypsies wrote:
Since you're going thru Albuquerque, Los Alamos is mentioned above. However, in the same area is Bandelier Nat'l Monument with some nice Indian ruins.
If you're going to Grand Canyon South Rim you could exit via Hwy 64 east to Hwy 89. Then the Flagstaff area also has some good ones to explore: Take Hwy 89 south and before reaching Flagstaff you'll come to Sunset Crater Nat'l Monument. Right at the park entrance is a lovely forest service campground, Bonito. Then drive through Sunset Crater and you'll come to Wupatki Nat'l Monument with excellent ruins. This road is a loop so continue on and it'll bring you back out to Hwy 89. Flagstaff also has Walnut Canyon Nat'l Monument - more ruins.
Then if you're heading to tour Sedona, I'd suggest staying in nearby Cottonwood and Dead Horse Ranch State Park - very nice. A couple miles away is Tuzigoot Nat'l Monument and also Montezuma Castle Nat'l Monument is nearby. Also near is the funky little town of Jerome but don't take your RV up there. You can see the lights of Jerome from Dead Horse Ranch State Park - pretty.
There is clean, safe and inexpensive RV parking with hookups at the Los Alamos County Visitors Center in White Rock,NM. It is about 9 miles from Bandelier and 8 from Los Alamos.
