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Animals, Camping, Museums/Events, My Family

Little Bit turns 5!

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We love celebrating birthdays in the RV!

After cake and a few presents we packed up the RV and went to the Albuquerque Zoo! With our local zoo pass we were able to get 50% off our admission! It was kind of funny how much they enjoyed looking at the armadillo since we have them where we live. After the zoo we tried to get to the dispersed camping spot I had found in Cibola National Forest.

The first spot was a complete fail, I have no clue how you would get to the site since it was basically rock climbing.

The second spot was not easy either. Apparently they are more for ATV’s and not really made with our set up in mind.

The spot itself was nice but the road to get to it was really bad.

We ended up damaging our black tank so even though I liked the site I wish I had not pushed for us to camp there.

Free was not so free when you factor in a new black tank…

It still ended up being a beautiful evening though!

Rving is such a fun way to celebrate birthdays!

What is your favorite way to celebrate birthdays?

Animals, Hiking, My Family

Staying in a Pine Forest, Surrounded by Mountains

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After leaving the wildlife refuge, we went just an hour or so west to Cimarron Canyon State Park.

This was a stop I was not sure about, I thought we would stay at Eagle Nest State Park which was 15 mins or so away but after seeing the spots decided to stay at Cimarron instead.

The Maverick Campground at Cimarron Canyon smelled amazing from all the pine trees and and was nestled in the mountains.

Because of how early in the year it was there was no water at the campground and the bathrooms were closed.

They did have porta potties set up though.

There was also no electric.

We did need to find a store for water pretty quick though since we were running low.

 

I loved the area but after driving around I found a spot I would have loved to stay at.

Next time I want to stay at Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument!

The campgrounds are beautiful!

And the views are breathtaking.

I am so glad that we got a National Park Pass for the trip!

We got into all the National Monuments we visited on it, got half off one of our campsites(Army Corps Site), and into a National Wildlife Refuge including camping at no extra cost.

I could have stayed in this area for weeks if not months but we needed to start heading south so we only stayed for two days.

We had also planned on driving up into the Wheeler Peak while there but the road was still snowed in we were told.

Still it was a breaktaking, beautiful area.

So glad we got to stay in this amazing area!

I want to go back and stay longer next time!

Animals, My Family

Tulsa Zoo with Family

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Two of my sisters came down to visit the week after our area’s spring break, which was pretty much perfect.

The zoo was nice and empty, well until we came… That’s a lot of kids 😉 Perfect day for the zoo! The rainforest is beautiful. Cousin time was so much fun! So cute. We actually went to the zoo twice that week as well as going to the Gathering place twice!

We took our week off school that week which was pretty perfect and the week went by fast!

I was ready to hibernate in my house after all the fun outings!