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Hiking the Dog Canyon Trail in Alamogordo, NM at Oliver Lee State Park

Jonathan Longnecker Jonathan Longnecker / April 26, 2016
Dog Canyon Trail  Path Edge

We've hiked a decent amount of trails since we started traveling. Most of the time they're fairly easy - we do still have a 4 year old after all! We've done a few difficult ones, too. All of those trails we've just kind of mentioned in posts about the area or threw up a couple of pictures on Instagram. But this trail gets it's own post. Because it was hands down the most beautiful, spectacular and difficult trail I've ever been on. Seriously.

It all started when Ashley found Oliver Lee Memorial State Park - a first come first serve park and campground at the base of the Sacramento Mountains. She showed me one picture and the only thing that came out of my mouth was, "yes."

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Our 'Tru' Friends and Lost Dutchman State Park

Jonathan Longnecker Jonathan Longnecker / April 24, 2016
The Tru family and the Longnecker family

After we met the Trujillo's and realized they weren’t crazy axe murderers, we made plans for Jonathan and the kids to stay at their house for a few nights. The RV was headed to the shop to get some repairs that should just take a few days...they said.

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Saguaro National Park and New Friends

Ashley Longnecker Ashley Longnecker / April 16, 2016
Saguaro Window

While boondocking for the weekend to visit Tombstone and Bisbee, we had a thought! What if one of us flies back to Knoxville and gets rid of our storage unit?? We know we are going to be living on the road for awhile (despite it’s constant challenges) so why are we paying $60/month to store stuff that we aren’t even using? 

We quickly looked up ticket prices and we had enough frequent flyer miles that I could go back to Knoxville for real cheap. So, we made plans for me to fly out of Phoenix but first, we wanted to go explore Saguaro National Park which is on the way.

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Going Broke in Tombstone, AZ

Ashley Longnecker Ashley Longnecker / April 15, 2016
White Water Draw

After our time at White Sands, I was really disappointed that we couldn’t explore more of northern New Mexico. We will have to make a trip back and spend lots of time there. Just something about that state that felt good. We need to see more of it.

We continued west and grabbed a free campsite (thanks Campendium) that was 30 minutes from Tombstone, AZ. We wanted to take the kids there. We figured they would love it. We were also just 30 minutes from Bisbee so why not do both for the weekend?

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Oliver Lee State Park/White Sands National Monument

Ashley Longnecker Ashley Longnecker / April 12, 2016
Us jumping at white sands

After Carlsbad, NM we were super excited to get over to White Sands National Monument. Several friends we know have been out there and the pictures looked so amazing so we were so ready to get over and play in the sand!

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