New Mexico - Petroglyphs and El Morro

Our 2025 family vacation looked a little bit different than we originally expected it to. Because we moved Elizabeth to New Mexico for a summer internship, we decided to spend a long weekend there with her, we tried out best to get to know some of this amazing state. We took in some of the national monuments in the area, spending time at Petroglyphs National Monument and El Morro National Monument. In hindsight, we could have spent an entire day just at El Morro - we enjoyed it so much and would have loved to have spent more time there.  

New York - Lake Placid

Lee and Maureen recently spent a couple of nights in Lake Placid, celebrating Maureen's 50th birthday. We stayed at a gorgeous hotel, built in the 1920s with wood paneling and stained glass windows that is part of the Craftsman style. We hiked Mount Jo on Monday and Saint Regis Mountain on Tuesday and spent our down time exploring some Olympic sites and relaxing in the living room of the hotel. We are not really lake people, but Lake Placid just might have changed our minds.

Mount Jo

Gorgeous view of Mirror Lake from our balcony. 

Herb Brooks Arena, where the magic happened!

Fifty is fabulous!