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Southwest USA's Best Trips 2

Southwest USA's Best Trips 2

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Aransas National Wildlife Best Friends Animal A Refuge 247-8 Sanctuary 38 Abajo (Blue) Mountains 292 archaeological sites 106, Big Bend 242, Abajo-Harts Draw 292 120-1, 158, 300, 331 243 Abiquiú 156-7, 161 Arches National Big 256-7, 259 Park 289-90 accidents 343 Big Spring State Park 256-7 Arches Trail 275 accommodations 25, 343 Bill Williams National Wildlife History Museum 60 Refuge 114 Acoma 208, 209 Arizona-Sonora Billy the Kid 174, 211, 213, Airport Mesa 82 Museum 97 214 Ajo Mountain Drive 100 Ashiwi Awan Museum & Bird Cage Theater 62 Alamo, the 229, 262 Heritage Center 205 birdwatching 71, 98, 150, Alamogordo 182-3, 185 Aspen 324-5, 327 247-8, 250, 317 Albuquerque 42-3, 45, 51, 57, Aspen Center for Bisbee 62-4, 64, 65 150, 153, 168, 169, 220-1 Environmental Studies 325 Bisbee Mining & Historical Albuquerque Museum of Art Audrey Headframe Park 79 Museum 64 & History 221 Austin 29, 231, 260-1 Bisti Badlands 160 aliens 90, 212-13 Aztec 159-60, 161 Black Range Museum 190 Alkali Flat 182 Aztec Ruins National Black Ridge Trail 308 Alpine 241, 243 Monument 159 Blanding 298, 301 Amarillo 50, 57, 258, 259 Blue Hole 231 American International Bluff 297, 301 Rattlesnake Museum 220 B Bluff Fort 297 Anasazi State Park Museum Balcony House 313 282-3 Ballroom Marfa 240 Blumenschein Home & Museum 173 Ancestral Puebloan people Bandelier National 298, 313 Monument 165, 169 Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum 260 Anderson Freeman Visitor Barker Reservoir 323 Center & Museum 214 Bear Creek Falls 315 Bob Wills Museum 257 Angels Landing Trail 38, 273 Becker Butte 92 Boca Negra Canyon 168 Animas River 313-14 beer 23 Bodhi Manda Zen Center 166 Antelope Canyon 69 Bell Rock Pathway 108 Bonita Canyon Scenic Drive 64 Aquarium at Rockport Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Harbor 248 336-7 Bonito lava flow 122 Aquarius Plateau 281 Berthoud Pass 323 books 56 Boothill Graveyard 61-2

346 border crossings 341, 343 Carlsbad 183-4, 185 cliff dwellings 106, 120-1, Bosque del National Carlsbad Caverns National 189, 313 Wildlife Refuge 150, 153 Park 19, 184 Cliff Palace 313 bottled water 39 Carrizozo 216 climate 24 Boulder 282-3, 285, 323, 327 cars, see driving Cloudcroft 185 Boulder City 117 Cassidy, Butch 275 Coconino National Box Canyon Falls 317 Castle Dome Mine 112-13 105 Catwalk trail 198 Coke Ovens Trailhead 308 92 Cave Spring Trail 292 Cold Springs INDEX Bradbury Science Museum -Grand Gulch Station 332-4

165 primitive area 300 College of Eastern B-D break-downs 343 cell phones 24 Prehistoric Museum 308 Bright Angel Trail 43, 84 Centinela Traditional Arts Collegiate Peaks 326 Bryce Canyon City 280-1, 285 140 National Bryce Canyon National Park Ceremonial Cave 165 Monument 308 275-6, 277 Cerrillos 152 Comb Ridge Sauropod Trackway 305 Bryce Museum 280 Chaco Canyon 158, 161 Comfort 229, 235 Buck Canyon 289 Chaco Culture National Buckhorn Museum 262 Historical Park 158 condors 71 Buddy Holly Center 258 Chain of Craters Córdova 141 Buena Vista 326, 327 Backcountry Byway 208 Corpus Christi 250, 251 Bullhead City 115-16, 117 Chapel of the Holy Cross 82 costs 25 Butler Wash Ruins 298-9 Chapin Mesa 313 Cottonwood 79-81 Butterfly Pavilion 322 Chautauqua Park 323 Crestone Needle 326 Chesler Park – Joint Trail Cuba 161 C 292 culture 22 children, travel with 23, 342 cycling 108, 116, 290, 323, Theater 258 Chile Festival 150 324 Cadillac Ranch 50 chiles 21 Camino Real 147-53 Chimayó 139-40, 145 D Canyon 258 Chinati Foundation 240 Davis Mountains State Park Canyon de Chelly National Chiricahua National 240 Monument 20, 124, 125 Monument 64 daylight savings time 25 Canyon Pintado National Chloride 191-2, 193 Historic District 305-6 Dead Horse Point State Park Christensen, Albert & Gladys 289 Canyonlands National Park 290-2 288-9 Delicate Arch 289 Church of San José de Cape Final 40 322-3, 327, 338-9 Gracia 141 Cape Royal 72 Denver Art Museum 339 Churchill County Museum 331 Capitan 214 Desert Caballeros Cimarron 174, 177 Museum 77 Capitol Gorge Trail 284 Civic Center Park 339 Desert View Drive 83 Capitol Reef National Park Cleveland Roller Mill 284 Devils Garden 282, 289 Historical Museum 176 Capulin Volcano National Devils Kitchen Trailhead 308 Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Monument 176 Devil’s Rope Museum 49 Quarry 308

347 Dinosaur Journey 305 Elgin 97-8 Dinosaur National Ely 334, 335 G Monument 306 Ely Renaissance Village 334 Gallery 408 216 dinosaurs 304-5, 306, 308 Emerald Pools 273 Gallup 51, 204-5, 209 280-1 emergencies 24 Gallup Mural Walk 51 Dixon 144, 145 Emory Pass 189-90 Galveston 246-7, 251 Dr Wood’s house 214 Escalante 281, 285 Garner State Park 254 driver’s license 340 Estes Park 323 gas 24, 342-3 driving 340-3

INDEX Eureka 334 Gates Pass Scenic Overlook car hire 24 Eureka Sentinel Museum 334 61

D-G car rental 340-1 Explore Navajo Interactive Georgia O’Keeffe Museum documents 340 Museum 123 42 fuel 24, 342-3 extraterrestrials 90, 212-13 Geronimo 188, 190 insurance 340 Geronimo Springs Museum maps 341 F 190 Ghost Ranch 157-8, 161 parking 342 Fairbank Historic Site 61 Gifford Farmhouse 284 road rules 340, 342 Fallon 331 Giggling Springs 166 safety 341, 342, 343 family travel 23, 342 Gila, the 200 Durango 313-14, 319 Farmington 161 Gila Cliff Dwellings National Durango & Silverton Narrow festivals 141, 318, see also Monument 189, 193 Gauge Railroad 314 individual festivals Glen Canyon Dam 68-9 Dwan Light Sanctuary 176 Fiery Furnace 290 Glen Canyon National Flagstaff 54-5, 83, 85, 130-1 Recreation Area 69 E Flagstaff Ale Trail 83 Glendale 273, 277 Earp, Wyatt 62 food 21, 22, 25 Glenwood Canyon 324 Earthships 173 Fort Apache National Glenwood Springs 324, 327 East Mesa Trail 272 Historic Park 91 Globe 93 Echo Canyon Trail 64 Fort Concho National golf 323 Edge of the Cedars State Historic Landmark 256 Goliad 247 Park Museum 298 Fort Davis 238-40, 243 Goose Island State Park 248 Eiffel Tower Experience 337 Fort Davis National Historic Goosenecks State Park El Camino Real 147-53 Site 240 Overlook 300 El Camino Real International Fort McKavett State Caverns 55 Heritage Center 149 Historical Park 254-5 Grand Canyon Lodge 72, 73 El Malpais 206-8, 209 Fort Sumner 214 Grand Canyon National Park El Morro National Monument Fossil Discovery Trail 306 12-13, 45, 75-85 206 fossils 304-5, 306, 308 North Rim 39, 72 El Paso 238 Monument 41 South Rim 43-4 El Paso Holocaust Museum Fredericksburg 229-30, 235 Grand Canyon Railway 43 238 Fruita 305-6, 309 Grand Canyon Village 84, 85 El Paso Museum of Art 238 Fruita Paleontological Area Grand Lake 323 El Rancho de las Golondrinas 305 152 fuel 24, 342-3 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 281-2 El Santuario de Chimayó 140 Fulton 248-9

348 Great Basin National Park Horsecollar Ruin 300 Kerrville 229, 235 334, 335 Horseshoe Bend 39, 69 Kerrville-Schreiner Park 229 Great Sand Dunes National hot springs 166, 176, 190, KiMo Theatre 51 Park 326 318, 324, 326 Kingman 56 Green Frog 78 Hotel Monte Vista 130-1 Kingston 192 Grimes Point Archaeological Hovenweep National Kitt Peak 100 Area 331 Monument 297-8 Kitt Peak Observatory 100 Gruene 233-4, 235 Hubbard Museum of the Kodachrome Basin State Gruene Hall 233-4 American West 214-16 Park 273 INDEX Guadalupe Mountains Hurd-La Rinconada Gallery Kolb Studio 43 National Park 183 213

Kolob Canyon 271 G-L KTAO 173 H I Hackberry 55 Indian Cave 273 L Harpers Corner Scenic Drive Indian Pueblo Cultural City 115, 117 306 Center 168 Lake Mead 116 Hatch 150 Inscription Rock 206 Lake Mead National Head of the Rocks 281 insurance 340 Recreation Area 116 Healy House Museum and International UFO Museum & Lake Peak 139 325-6 Research Center 213 68-9, 284 Heard Museum 120 internet access 24 Laredo 254, 259 Hermits Rest 84 Island in the Sky District Las Conchas Trail 166 Hidden Cave 331 288-9 Las Cruces 148, 153, 180-1, highlights 12-21 185 hiking 23, see also individual J Las Trampas 141-3 hikes Jacob Lake 71-2, 73 Las Vegas, NM 174-6, 177 Hillsboro 190, 193 Jemez Mountains 163-9 Las Vegas, NV 26, 37-8, 45, history 22 Jemez Pueblo 166-8 336-7 Native American 119-24 Jemez Springs 166, 169 Laughlin 115-16, 117 Route 66 50 Jemez State Monument 166 Lavender Pit 64 Holbrook 57 Jerome 79, 85 Leadville 325-6 Hole ‘n the Rock 290-2 Jerome Artists Cooperative Leakey 254 Hole-in-the-Rock Road 282, Gallery 79 Lees Ferry 70-1, 73 284 Jerome State Historic Park 79 Lightning Field 197 Holly, Buddy 258 Jersey Jim Lookout Tower Lincoln 213-14, 217 Heritage Site 106 313 Lincoln State Monument Hoover Dam 20, 44, 116 John Bremond House 261 214 Hopi House 43 Johnson City 231 Living Desert State Park Hopi Museum 124 Johnson, Lyndon 230-1 183-4 Hopi Nation 123-4 Jornada del Muerto 148 Lockhart 234 Hopi Reservation 125 London Bridge 115 Horse Springs 198 K Lookout Mountain 216 horseback riding 158, 273, Loretto Chapel 219 290, 324 Kanab 38, 45 Kelly’s Brewery 51 Los Alamos 164-5, 169

349 Los Alamos Historical Millennium Bridge 338 Museum 165 Millicent Rogers Museum N 144 Narrows, the 273 92, 93 Million Dollar Highway 315 National Hispanic Cultural Lowell Observatory 83 Miss Hattie’s Bordello Center 168 Lower Calf Creek 282 Museum 256 National Museum of Nuclear Lubbock 258 Mission San Xavier del Bac Science & History 150 Luckenbach 230 100 National Ranching Heritage Lyndon B Johnson Ranch Moab 14, 290, 293, 304-5 Center 258 INDEX 230-1 Mob Museum 37 Native American art 19

mobile phones 24 Native American history L-O M Moenkopi 123, 125 119-24 Natural Bridges National Madrid 150-2, 153 Mogollon 198 Monument 299-300 Mancos 313 87-93 Navajo Loop 276 Manti La Sal National Forest Moki Dugway 300 292 Monastery of Christ in the 124 maps 341 Desert 158, 161 Nederland 323 Marathon 241-2 money 25 Needles District 292 Marble Canyon 69-70 Montezuma Castle National Monument 120-1 Neon Museum 38 Marfa 240, 243 Montezuma Well 121 New Braunfels 234, 235 Marfa Lights 240 Monticello 292, 293 New Farm & Ranch Maroon Bells 325 Monticello Box 192 Heritage Museum 180-1 Matchless Mine 326 Monument Valley 39-40, 45, New Mexico History Museum Mather Point 84 296-7, 301 218 McCauley Springs 166 Mora Valley 176, 177 New Mexico Museum of McConkie Ranch Moraine Park Museum 323 Art 218 308 Morning Star Gallery 219 New Mexico Museum of McDonald Observatory Space History 182-3 motorcycles, see driving 239 New Mexico Natural History mountain biking 315 McLean 49-50 Museum 221 Mt Massive Wilderness Area 289 New Shoe Tree 332 326 15, Newspaper Rock State Mt Princeton 326 42, 313 Historic Site 292 Mesalands Dinosaur Mt Princeton Hot Springs Resort 326 Museum 51 O meteor crater 54 Canyon Ruins 299 Creek Canyon 104, 109 Mexican Hat 301 Museum of International Folk Art 139 Oak Creek Vista 104-5 Mexico 341 Museum of Moab 290 Oatman 56 Middlegate Bar & Restaurant 332, 335 Museum of the Big Bend Observation Point 273 241 Mike O’Callaghan-Pat OK Corral 62 Tillman Memorial Bridge Museum of Western Art 229 O’Keeffe, Georgia 42, 155-7, 44, 116 music 341, 343 158 Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail Mygatt-Moore Quarry 305 Home & Studio Tour 157 304-5

350 Old Fort Sumner Museum Phippen Museum 78 Republic of the Rio Grande 214 Phoenix 27, 120, 125, 126-7 Museum 254 61 Pie Festival 198 Reserve 201 Organ Pipe Cactus National Pie Town 197-8 Ridgway 318 Monument 100, 101 Piedras Marcadas 168 Rift Gallery 144 Orilla Verde Recreation Area Pinetop-Lakeside 93 Rim Country Museum 89 139 Pioneer Register 284 Rim Road Scenic Drive 276 Orpheum 131 Point Imperial 72 Rim Rock Drive 308 Orvis Hot Springs 318 Rim Trail 84

police 343 INDEX Our Lady of Guadalupe Pony Express 332 Rinconada Canyon 168 Chapel 220-1

Port Aransas 249, 251 Rio Grande Gorge Bridge 173 O-S Our Lady of Guadalupe Port Isabel 250, 251 Riordan Mansion State Mission 205 Prada Marfa 242 Historic Park 54 Ouray 315-17, 319 Prescott 77, 85 River Mountains Loop Trail Owachomo Bridge 300 116 Presidio del San Augustín del Tucson 129 Riverbend Hot Springs 190 P Presidio la Bahia 247 road conditions 341 Padre Island National Presley, Elvis 92 road rules 340, 342 Seashore 250 Price 308 rock art 106, 168, 297, 305, Page 69, 73 308 Page Springs Cellars 106 Q Rockport 248-9 Palace of the Governors 218 Rocky Mountain National Quarry Exhibit 306 Palace Saloon 78 Park 323, 327 Quartzsite 113-14 Palacios 247 rodeos 78 Queen Mine 62-4 106 Roswell 212-13, 217 Queen’s Garden Trail 276 Palo Duro Canyon State Route 66 47-57 Park 258 Route 66 Museum 56 Panhandle-Plains Historical R Ruidoso 214-16, 217 Museum 258 radio 343 Panorama Trail 273 Rainbow Point 276 S paragliding 324 Ramah 209 Sacramento Mountains 216 parking 342 Rangely 305-6, 309 safety 341, 342, 343 Patagonia 98, 101 Red Canyon 273-5 National Park 96-7 Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Red Cloud Loop 308 Salt River Canyon 92 Preserve 98 308 Sam Nail Ranch 242 Pause-Rest-Worship Church Red Mountain Pass 315 San Agustín Church 254 112 Red River 173-4, 177 San Angelo 255-6, 259 Payson 89, 93 Red Rock Canyon National San Antonio 229, 262-3 Petrified Forest National Conservation Area 44 Park 51-3, 54 San Antonio Hot Springs 166 Red Rock Loop Road 106 National San Felipe de Neri Church Red Rock Pass 108 Monument 168 220 106 petroglyphs, see rock art San Fernando Cathedral 263 Reno 330-1, 335 petrol 24, 342-3 San Francisco Hot Springs 198, 200, 201 Philmont Scout Ranch 174

351 San Juan Hut System 315 Smokey Bear Historical Thomas Morin Studio 152 San Juan Skyway 311-19 State Park 214 Thumb Butte 78 San Marcos 233 271 Timber Creek Trail 271 San Miguel Mission 196 Snow Cap Drive-In 55 time 25 San Patricio 213 snowboarding 140 Tinkertown Museum 152 Sand Dune Arch 289 Snowflake 89 tipping 25 Sand Island petroglyphs 297 Socorro 196-7, 201 Titan Missile Museum 98-100 Sand Mountain Recreation Soleri Bridge 127 Tlaquepaque Village 105-6 Area 331-2 Sonoita 97-8

INDEX Toadlena 160 Sand Springs Pony Express South Gateway Visitor Tombaugh IMAX Theater &

Station 332 Center 82-3 S-T Planetarium 183 Santa Barbara Trail 139 South Padre Island 250, 251 Tombstone 62, 65 Santa Elena Canyon 242 Spaceport America 148 Tombstone Courthouse Santa Fe 28, 42, 139, 145, Spanish Governor’s Palace State Historic Park 62 152, 153, 218-19 263 State Santa Rita Chino Open Pit speed limit 340, 342 Park 88-9 Copper Mine Observation Spence Hot Springs 166 Torrey 283-4, 285 Point 189 Springdale 272, 277 Trail Through Time 305 Scenic Bajada Loop Drive 97 Spruce Tree House 313 train travel 43, 314 Scenic Byway 12 279-85 Square Towers Group 297 transport 25 scenic drives 17 St Francis Cathedral 218-19 Treasures of the Gulf Scottsdale Historical St George 271, 277 Museum 250 Museum 126 Stampede 257 Tropic 276, 277 Scottsdale Museum of Steamboat Springs 326 Truchas 141 Contemporary Arts 126-7 Strawberry Park Hot Springs Truckee River Whitewater Secret Passage 273 326 Park 331 Sedona 14, 81-2, 105, 109 Volcano Truth or Consequences Seligman 55, 57 National Monument 122, 148-9, 153, 190-1, 193 Shalak’o ceremonial dance 125 Tuba City 123, 125 205 92 Tubac 98 Sharlot Hall Museum 78 Tucson 60-1, 65, 101, 128-9 Shiprock 160 T Tucson Museum of Art 128 Shoe Tree 332 Taos 17, 143-4, 145, 172-3, 177 Tucumcari 50-1, 57 Show Low 90 Taos Pueblo 144 Tularosa Basin 216 Sierra Blanca Peak 216 Taos Ski Valley 140 Tumacacori National Historic Silver City 188-9, 193, 200, Park 98 Taylor Creek Trail 271 201 Turkey 257-8 telephone services 24 Silver City Museum 200 Turquoise Mining Museum Telles Family Shrine 98 Silverton 314-15, 319 152 Telluride 318, 319 Sitting Bull Falls 184 Turquoise Trail 147-53 Terlingua 242, 243 skiing 140, 214, 315, 324-6 Tusayan 83-4 Texas Seaport Museum 105 Tuzigoot National Monument 246-7 Sliding Jail 79 79 Texas State Aquarium 250 small towns 15 Twin Lakes 326 Texas State Capitol 260 Smokey Bear 214

352 Virgin 271-2 wifi 24 U Volcanoes Trail 168 Wild Rivers Recreation Area UFOs 213 Vulture Mine 77 173, 177 University of Colorado at Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Boulder 323 W 205-6 University of Texas 260 wildflowers 230 Walnut Canyon Desert Drive Williams 43, 57 USS Lexington Museum 250 184 Wimberley 231, 235 Utah Field House of Natural Walnut Canyon National History State Park wine 23

Monument 122 INDEX Museum 306 Washer Woman Arch 289 Winslow 53-4, 57

Uvalde 254 wolves 205-6 Watchman 272 U-Z Wave, the 72 World’s Oldest Rodeo 78 V weather 24 Wupatki National Monument 122 Vail 323-4, 327 Weatherford Hotel 131 Vail Pass 323 websites 25, 341 Vail to Breckenridge Bike Western New Mexico Y Path 323 University Museum 189 Yavapai Museum 44 Valles National Wheeler Peak 139 Yost Escarpment 148 Preserve 165-6 Wheelwright Museum of the Yuma 112, 117 Valley of Fire State Park American Indian 139 Yuma East Wetlands 112 38, 116 White Mountain Apache Tribe 112 Valley of Fires 216, 217 Reservation 92 Valley of the Gods 300 White Sands Missle Range Z V-Bar-V Heritage Site 108 181 Zion Canyon 272-3, 277 Vermilion Cliffs 71 White Sands National 14, 38 Vernal 306, 309 Monument 19, 181-2 ziplining 38 Very Large Array Radio white-water rafting 324, 326 Telescope 192, 197 whooping cranes 247-8 Zuni Pueblo 205, 209 Village of Oak Creek 108, Wickenburg 77 Zuni Tribal Fair 205 109 Widforss Trail 72

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