10 Best New Mexico Road Trip stops-. White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns & more

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024

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  • @GraniteRoll
    @GraniteRoll Год назад +21

    You performed a tremendous public service with this excellent video! Subbed and am visiting some of these spots this January, thank you!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the sub! and really thanks for the comment. It took 4months of work and not many have watch it for some reason. thanks again!

    • @ghost-nb2ej
      @ghost-nb2ej Год назад

      Carlsbad look fire

    • @barbaraolson6783
      @barbaraolson6783 Год назад

      Enjoy, so much to explore before the state’s natural beauty is discovered.

    • @barbaraolson6783
      @barbaraolson6783 Год назад

      In Roswell prefer The Cattle men’s Cluub and things not so Tourists trappy. Love the Taos, Red River Angel Fire beauty. Red River is my favorite ass I like the small town by the creek or River feel. You are doing a great job ! Showing so much more than the national pats but there is even more. Please return, film, explore and share on you tube. ,

  • @vicsaul5459
    @vicsaul5459 3 месяца назад +4

    Visited the land of enchantment many times, many road trips, top of the list carlsbad caverns ❤, valley of fire, Guadeloupe mountains, cloudcroft, mayhill, even north east corner amazed me, dinosaur 🦕 prints, just beautiful 😍

  • @katrinakilburn3316
    @katrinakilburn3316 5 месяцев назад +3

    White Sands Monument is so magical! Been there twice and thinking of going again this year.

  • @natet5959
    @natet5959 6 месяцев назад +7

    New Mexico is underrated. So much to see. The Jemez Mountains are beautiful and peaceful. I was there many years ago and it was a spiritual experience.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  6 месяцев назад +2

      great driving roads through the jemez too.

  • @clintdavis8719
    @clintdavis8719 Год назад +5

    Alot beautiful places in New Mexico from left to right up and down with nature to the fullest...

  • @Chuckt104
    @Chuckt104 Год назад +5

    I am familiarwith many of these sites but the one I'm most familiar with cannot be reached by road ( at least when I was there ). I worked for the U S Forest Service during summer vacations from college in the mid sixties. during the summer of 1966 I had the great good fortune to work on the trail crew in the Santa Fe National Forest wilderness area. No vehicles were allowed in and all our work was performed with hand tools. At first it wasa little tough on an 18 year old having to stay there for ten days straight sleeping in a tent. But it turned out to be the best job I ever had.I saw sights I can't forget and wish I was able to make that trip again.

  • @gazorpazorp9798
    @gazorpazorp9798 28 дней назад +1

    27:07 it’s so nice of them to put that sign up for the snakes. I don’t know rattlesnakes to be reckless, but it is nice that they reminded them to take care.

  • @mrmikesparks
    @mrmikesparks 11 месяцев назад +8

    The production quality and information provided is nothing short of astounding! Well done! Thank you for all the hard work this must have taken!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  11 месяцев назад

      Wow, thanks for recognizing the work! There’s 400-500 hrs of work in this project.

  • @jeffrosati2570
    @jeffrosati2570 5 месяцев назад +1

    ❤ visiting New Mexico towns and its parks.

  • @gazorpazorp9798
    @gazorpazorp9798 28 дней назад +1

    Comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable video. Thank you so much for making it and posting it!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  27 дней назад

      Glad you enjoyed it! and thanks for commenting and- hopefully subscribing. many more detailed travel videos there.

  • @johnziarko4451
    @johnziarko4451 Год назад +3

    A terrific video. Thank you for your knowledge and enthusiasm.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Thanks for the kind words and for recognizing the work.

  • @515aleon
    @515aleon 2 года назад +18

    I'm a NM resident. Love this state. During covid did a lot of loops around state. Route 66 and up thru Las Vegas (NM), Farmington and around there.Roswell, Carlsbad, etc.I loved your video, reminds me of some of my own trips. Your photography, narration, info, etc. was "on point".

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 года назад +2

      Thanks. That’s very nice to hear! Spread the word because I really need more people to watch.

    • @johncillis3431
      @johncillis3431 10 месяцев назад +1

      I was asked to go to New Mexico during the Los Alamos fires so I could set up a temp insurance claims office for the company I provided WAN support for from '00 to '05, California Casualty, in Santa Fe.
      I've worked for clients all over New Mexico and love the people there, even going there to fly with some friends in '08, my last visit there.
      I live in the lower Arizona desert and one day may move to find a retirement rental in the high NM desert, where y'all have four seasons, which include snow.

    • @sonneillionx7705
      @sonneillionx7705 6 месяцев назад

      Hi i wanted to ask how its crime and quality of life im about to be station there in May close to alamogordo i just wanted to know how i was and the best places to see or avoid.

    • @ramonarichardson7904
      @ramonarichardson7904 Месяц назад

      Native New Mexican myself. Born, bred and raised here. Left a few times, but always coming back home! ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

  • @pamcaldwell7055
    @pamcaldwell7055 19 дней назад +1

    First time watching. I love that you tell about the geological creation of the landscape. Thank you

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  19 дней назад

      Welcome! and thanks for watching and subscribing Yes i’m a bit of a geology buff. If you don’t know of Nick Zentner’s channel he’s a geo professor. btw- my new- ish Big Bend videos have some interesting Geo sites and explanations- like an ancient inverted river- and several sea rise and falls

  • @judilee4267
    @judilee4267 8 месяцев назад +2

    This video is wonderful, thank you for sharing!😊

  • @orphanedphotographer
    @orphanedphotographer 9 месяцев назад +3

    Probably the most comprehensive travel guide I have ever come across. So much information and some great hints.
    Some good photos with phot hints and tips.
    Subscribed. Will look at the other relevant videos for our trip to the US south west next year.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  9 месяцев назад

      Glad it was helpful! check out my Utah grand circle mighty 5 guide- it’s better- the one with 2.5Million views. the one with 500k ish has an audio issue

  • @mariyakalynyuk162
    @mariyakalynyuk162 Год назад +2

    Beautiful video, thank you

  • @mikeandloria
    @mikeandloria Год назад +2

    rocko is the best travel companion.

  • @omarkhanlilcurry
    @omarkhanlilcurry 8 месяцев назад +2

    Love your narration style!

  • @evelynwinchester4726
    @evelynwinchester4726 11 месяцев назад +3

    Nicely done, thank you. I like learning the scientific elements, geology, volcanology, etc. A wonderful way to get an idea to discover these places on my own.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks! I put a lot of work into it.

  • @valg.3270
    @valg.3270 5 месяцев назад +2

    Very interesting and informative.

  • @jennifersmerge1393
    @jennifersmerge1393 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for video, you rock!

  • @dramatispersonae1315
    @dramatispersonae1315 2 года назад +7

    You make some of the best travel videos on RUclips! Informative and beautiful without any fake enthusiasm.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 года назад

      thanks!! my vids are about the place not me. it makes it much more time consuming to shoot and edit. which is why others appear on camera to tell the story.

  • @k-saxophone
    @k-saxophone 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this excellent video,

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  7 месяцев назад

      You are welcome! thanks for commenting and subscribing, it really helps continuing operations

  • @inferno3596
    @inferno3596 Год назад +2

    Great video, very informative!

  • @debralynnbailey6527
    @debralynnbailey6527 Год назад +2

    Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸❤️

  • @Thetravelingmisfits89
    @Thetravelingmisfits89 8 месяцев назад +3

    I'm planning a trip out west in 2025, traveling from Michigan. Utah is of course on the list, but new mexico, new Mexico has my heart as much as Montana and northern California and Oregon. Such beauty.
    I love your informational videos. I watch them at work and it makes time just fly by, plus helping me know how to plan my trip. Thank you for all your hard work.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for recognizing all the hard work. Sounds like you have a nice job. now i have a Question- i’m thinking about spending several weeks on a “Parks of Lake Superior” guide. It’s been decades since ive been up there. Do you think there’s much interest?

    • @Thetravelingmisfits89
      @Thetravelingmisfits89 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheWestisBig absolutely! There's so much in the upper peninsula and I've seen quite a few channels doing bits and pieces on the area. I think an indepth and detailed video would be perfect. Areas like pictured rocks, and all the beautiful falls up north. There's the iron mine you can explore and the cute little jam pot shop. I think it would be wonderful to see videos done on the area. And there is social media groups dedicated specifically to the upper peninsula, they would go head over heals watching it I imagine.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  8 месяцев назад +1

      I’ve been researching the area. A friend has a cabin in the area but still need to find some local biz to help defer costs. We remember it being an interesting area- even as a kid.

  • @OvertravelX
    @OvertravelX Год назад +2

    This is so refreshing after coming across all the Instagrammy vids. Thanks!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Thanks! Yea my videos take a lot more work than those others. thanks for Subscribing

  • @ChrisRoxDuhh
    @ChrisRoxDuhh 10 месяцев назад +2

    This channel is so underrated

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you!!! I sure could use more subs- Thanks also for subbing! Please spread the word.

  • @ebzovi
    @ebzovi Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for making these videos 💚

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Месяц назад

      Thanks for letting me know the work is appreciated! and for subscribing.

  • @barbaraolson6783
    @barbaraolson6783 Год назад +2

    Oh plese visit the Inn of the Mountain Gods, just beautiful, horseback riding, fishing, hiking, walking , solitude,gambling. Just beauty.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Maybe they'll comp me a room if i highlight them in a video

  • @zigzagwanderer9531
    @zigzagwanderer9531 7 месяцев назад +3

    My favorite hiking spot in that area was Hueco Tanks when I was stationed in El Paso.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  7 месяцев назад

      Hmm Ok I'll look it up. Thanks for the comment

    • @LoveyK
      @LoveyK 6 месяцев назад

      Hueco Tanks is one of my favorite places.
      Nowadays you need a reservation and many areas are off limits.

  • @andreasausmuc
    @andreasausmuc 2 года назад +8

    Once again - this video is balm for the soul.
    Love your pictures!
    Love your narrations!
    Love the ideas and knowledge I got!
    Thank you so much!!!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 года назад

      Thanks again. great compliment! Hope u liked the rising bread analogy

  • @hughwolfe1176
    @hughwolfe1176 Год назад +3

    Discovered and subscribed to your channel, it took me a couple of sittings to watch all of this video but completely worth it. Love that you include so much information for photographers such as myself. My wife and I have lived in New Mexico for a year and are still finding our way around, your channel will assist with our wandering.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад +1

      Welcome aboard! thanks and be sure to check out my Road Less traveled Series. I take you to small places you may have never heard of.

  • @chrisnwilm
    @chrisnwilm 2 года назад +4

    Love your style of narrating.

  • @draigygoch
    @draigygoch 2 года назад +9

    Thank you for this excellent video, I love the educational overlay onto the scenery, its why I studied geology with a minor in archaeology. You have inspired me to visit NM on my next adventure.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 года назад

      Great thanks! i had a lot more geology in there but took it out because too just want scenery

  • @dianatrott7984
    @dianatrott7984 Год назад +3

    Love your channel! I accidentally ran across it, and feel like your channel is a national treasure in itself. You're a great travel guide, and I love the descriptions and education you give about earth science and history. Thank you for what you do. I will be back... with my grandson. 😀

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад +1

      Wow, thank you! I hope you like the other guides on my channel too.

  • @bradchabad
    @bradchabad 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for fond memories of home. Nickname is "Land of Enchantment" and the food is truly amazing.

  • @ArmyVet59
    @ArmyVet59 11 месяцев назад +3

    Toas to Carlsbad then Roswell or Las Vegas the wild west town visited by Jesse James Billy the kid and the rough riders there is so much history

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  8 месяцев назад

      Ft. union near Las vegas is interesting- I made a video about it.

  • @percymcnabb4746
    @percymcnabb4746 Год назад +2

    wonderful and learned alot

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Thanks. That’s nice to here. Glad it was useful.

  • @chrisstaylor8377
    @chrisstaylor8377 Год назад +2

    New Mexico is a nice place to exsplore and camp

  • @ahalgormeli401
    @ahalgormeli401 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for all area

  • @RichBurlingham
    @RichBurlingham 2 года назад +6

    Great video. Very informative and you capture New Mexico's beauty and history very well.

  • @jamesblossom-y1u
    @jamesblossom-y1u 2 месяца назад +1

    The Keres people lived at Bandolier on the boarder of the Tewa people. The ruins were called Tuyonye, (too-YON-ye) meaning "council fires" due to meetings between Keres (CARE-ease) and Trwa elders.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 месяца назад

      hmm i did not know. don’t want to be rude, but what are your credentials? i might need a resource

  • @johncillis3431
    @johncillis3431 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wonderful video. I have visited some of these places, though not all, while working for my tourism clients in NM in the 90's and early 00's as a systems implementation lead. Many were hotels where these sites were near. My favorite place to see was Carlsbad Caverns, because my client gave me the day off to go there, so I walked in and took the elevator up, like a guide also told me.
    The caverns were my favorite of many to visit, though the Oregon Caves and caverns near Roanoke VA were also fun to visit.
    You are a good narrator. I only saw the caverns just once, in '99, just a month or so before my daughter was born, making the timing of the trip even better to make it a visit always to be remembered.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks- fyi editing all my Four Corners Native American segments into a new show. Most was shot in New Mexico.

    • @johncillis3431
      @johncillis3431 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheWestisBig I once picked up a hitchhiker on I-40 who turned out to be a Navajo chief. I knew he was innocently needing a ride, since I've only picked up hitchikers twice in 40 years of driving, both on Interstates, both fine young adults, and both fun to speak with who accepted a long ride.
      The man in Navajo country gave me wonderful history lessons as we drove from Arizona to his stop in New Mexico, where family was picking him up. I took a course dedicated to California history in my Freshman college year and it was rich in Native Californian history and where the different tribes lived and their subcultures while living there.
      Videos like yours our like soothing colors to our hitchhiking eyes, when we wish to travel and enjoy the luxury the Internet provides to see places we could not easily learn about, some of us like me, as tweens in the 60's and teens in the 70's other than by reading books that did not have the visual cues that videos like yours, quite professionally done, have.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you- for that wonderful comment- the nicest I can ever remember getting.

  • @Fotosynthesis858
    @Fotosynthesis858 26 дней назад +1

    My favorite campsite in NM is Hyde Memorial in Santa Fe 👍🏾

  • @jcee2259
    @jcee2259 Год назад +2

    I have a paid burial in NM and CA.
    Feel free to think I'm dead in either.
    I do visit to discover caves and
    explore where our species never
    trod. One of those locations has
    been explored to a length of more
    than 40 miles. Certified by Grade-
    6 Surveying. "Don't step up... if
    you can't keep up..."
    THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK

  • @josephdonnaway5755
    @josephdonnaway5755 Год назад +1

    Excellent presentation! We just completed a one week tour of Valley of Fires, Carlsbad and White Sands. Your presentation made me want to do it again! We’ve visited many of the other sites that you cover, and I now have a short list of those we’ve missed. You have a new subscriber.

  • @swtx5077
    @swtx5077 Год назад +1

    Great video!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Glad you enjoyed it. thanks for the comment

  • @unclebilly1353
    @unclebilly1353 Год назад +1

    I'm a local, three rivers has always been out of the way. Even its on the way. People seem to pass by. Not sure you're going to spoil anything. Great video, thanks for showing it off. It kind of needs it.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Thanks for the kind words. It’s one of my favorite places.

  • @Mile_Stepper
    @Mile_Stepper Год назад +1

    I have a lot of family here and have traveled NM... fairly extensively... but you showed me a lot I haven't seen. and hope to on future visits!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Glad I could help. Thanks for subscribing

  • @m3xplorer159
    @m3xplorer159 2 года назад +1

    Great info! Thanks:)

  • @andyking4701
    @andyking4701 Год назад +1

    Love it!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад +1

      Thanks. It took 6 months to make and not a lot of views

  • @philbrennaman4572
    @philbrennaman4572 2 года назад +2

    Beautiful video. The wife and I will try to duplicate your trip in the near future. Thanks for doing all the legwork for us. 🙂

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 года назад +1

      Thanks- I’ve been working on it for 6 months. If you noticed any technical issues please let me know.

    • @philbrennaman4572
      @philbrennaman4572 2 года назад

      @@TheWestisBig looked very professional, if there were any mistakes I did not catch it. Great job!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 года назад

      ok thanks

  • @Jen_Is_Outside
    @Jen_Is_Outside 2 года назад +1

    You da man! Thank you!

  • @swtx5077
    @swtx5077 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @chadhowell417
    @chadhowell417 5 месяцев назад +1

    The atomic museum at kirtland afb was fantastic.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  5 месяцев назад +1

      Hmm I don't know about that one. Is it open to the public or do you have to be military?

    • @jakfox44
      @jakfox44 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@TheWestisBigthey do tours you will need to show identification to get on base

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks.

  • @soniamariadefigueiredofern8971
    @soniamariadefigueiredofern8971 2 года назад +2

    Awesome video! Heloisa

  • @philipburton9518
    @philipburton9518 6 месяцев назад

    This is one of the finest tour videos I've seen for NM; however, it's not that difficult to ask the locals for the pronunciations of the places you're visiting. "Mal pie Ese" and "Hay muss" are common pronunciations all around the state, and anyone would be happy to help. Otherwise, you've got my vote - 110 percent! Many thanks.

  • @dwightpriddy8111
    @dwightpriddy8111 2 года назад +2

    Just for your info. It's pronounced Mugiyone. The L is silent. These people came from the Gila Forest area, and some eventually wandered north to the Pueblos along the Rio Grande, and some to the Salinas Missions National Monument near Mountainaire, NM. Great pictures, especially White Sands.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 года назад

      thanks but i think i’ll still get it wrong. is it mug-i-y-one? what’s the difference between i and y? it’ll be handy when i update

    • @dwightpriddy8111
      @dwightpriddy8111 2 года назад

      @@TheWestisBig I got it wrong too. There are two gg's instead of the one. Muggi-yone. If you check out Moggolone Rim in Arizona, is pronounced the same. A beautiful part of north central Arizona, mostly high pine forest.

  • @randyhawks7549
    @randyhawks7549 6 месяцев назад +1

    You sure you didn't work at PBS; your voice says you must have worked in Televison or radio, needless to say you're the best.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the comment!! i’ve been making videos for corporate clients for many years- some of which you’ve heard of. These are the videos i wish i was paid to make. thanks again for recognizing the work and commenting.

  • @barbaraolson6783
    @barbaraolson6783 Год назад

    Thank you for your detailed description of the National parks. There is so much more to New Mexico I hope yo post more videos of the state. If you need ideas, I would be glad to provide some or contact the New Mexico tpurism office, Albuquerque Convention and Visitos bureau , most cities offer info for visitors.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  9 месяцев назад

      Are you with New Mexico tourism? If so I'd love to work with you.

  • @barbaraolson6783
    @barbaraolson6783 Год назад

    Wow it is 2:40 in the AM and I want to see if you show the Unser airfield wherePeople fly v model aircraft and it is fun to each the sis to ten feet aircraft when flying. Also hang gliding, hot air bal park and more vineyards sites.! Many Native American

  • @AnthonyGarcia-y8t
    @AnthonyGarcia-y8t 6 дней назад +1

    👍👍👍

  • @barbaraolson6783
    @barbaraolson6783 Год назад

    I wish I did OT leave and am trying to return. ! Love New Mexico

  • @barbaraolson6783
    @barbaraolson6783 Год назад +1

    Love all of New Mexico. Best season is fall as the colors in the mountains and fall foliage is smazing. There are petroglyphs throughout New Mexico. Please do not draw or carve the rocks yourself. Love everywhere in New MEXICO BUT HOPE YOU VISIT THE Carlsbad Caverns, the great array, the All Indian Pueblo Center, The Bradberry Science Mseum in Los Alamos, Santa Fe Opera and the flea market next door on weekends, Bandeler National Monunent, Shidoni Foundary where artist create Statues, Nambe where beautiful Nambeware is made oh my I have not shared all I want to but please explore and enjoy. Many winearies are located throughout New Mexico and some offer tours and all have lovely tasting areas.. Suggest taking picnic lunches as many great ares have tables and benches but no food or drinks. Love all the natural places to explore, even in the cities. Please do not forget the new Virgin spaceport.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  9 месяцев назад

      If you're with New Mexico tourism dept I'd love to work with you. FYI- i'll be heading that way next week

  • @jamesblossom-y1u
    @jamesblossom-y1u 2 месяца назад +1

    quick note: Jemez HEY-mezz Valle Va-ye Parajito PAH-ha-ree-tow.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 месяца назад

      this is very helpful- still not sure i can say them. New mexico folks seems very sensitive to pronunciation.

  • @m-hadji
    @m-hadji 7 месяцев назад

    First of awesome job. And then we are heading to NM from Seattle in mid May. I am searching for our trip for two weeks duration. This video was very big help. We travel many times to Utah but it would be first time passing it. We have small self contained trailer and I think we will follow the route you highlighted in this video with some exceptions. Not really in alien stuff 😂. Thanks again

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the comment! I have family in Seattle- well Shoreline. I have a Q for you- do you know anything about SUV roof top tents? I want to get one but I've never seen one in person. Since you're driving be sure to check out Shiprock and Biti bad lands near farmington NM- My channel has videos on these Mut see areas. bist- is BLM so boondocking is possible.

    • @m-hadji
      @m-hadji 7 месяцев назад

      @@TheWestisBig thanks for responding. By the way we are living very close to shoreline area. And I don’t have first hand experience with roof tent because we have towable trailer. But I heard many conflicting experiences from people. It’s definitely young people game. Lots of set up involved and climbing stairs. It adds weight and height to car and I don’t think it’s suitable for small suvs. Again not my my direct experience.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  7 месяцев назад

      RE roof tent sounds like a pain, but my SUV can only pull 2000 lbs so I may not have much choice. Been sleeping in back of SUV

    • @m-hadji
      @m-hadji 7 месяцев назад

      There are small trailer under 2000 lbs but this is another story. Towing is not fun all the time. And you can’t go everywhere with it. We have a 4Runner and our trailer is around 3000 lbs. only 17 f with wet bath. I am sure roof top tent is more comfortable than back of suv but you will have to deal with climate control everything has challenges that’s why we love what we do. 😂

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  7 месяцев назад

      I seen some of the small trailers- not sure I'd like them. My '24 Tucson Hybrid might have trouble going up mts. Wanted A Palisade but non were available when my well maintained 2014 Forester died with just 105k miles- I;ll never buy another Subaru.

  • @livinglifeonlifesterms2450
    @livinglifeonlifesterms2450 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this in depth tour. Unfortunately most don't let you take your dog. I understand the reasoning but also sigh and move on to the next place.

  • @sheronlee152
    @sheronlee152 Год назад

    I'm looking forward to watching this video as I spent much of my younger years in southern New Mexico. It looks to be a well made and informative film. Forgive me but I must correct your pronunciation of a Tularosa. It's
    Too-lah-row-sah, as in tulips and roses. ❤

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      thanks

    • @sheronlee152
      @sheronlee152 Год назад +1

      @@TheWestisBig I finished watching. That was very good. I like
      the pace you keep going through all that info.
      When I was a child traveling from texas to Socorro my daddy always stopped at the side of the road to pick up lava rocks. It wasn't called valley of fires. Back then we called it the lava beds. (1950's)
      Btw: mogollon=
      mug-ee-yon

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Thanks for the pronunciation

  • @michaelmyers3892
    @michaelmyers3892 Год назад +1

    Have a little camping trip laid out and that's to go to Carlsbad caverns same place I went to when I was a kid during the 70s but now I get to revisit it as an adult and on my list is Roswell and a couple of spots were they did nuclear looking forward to this

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Check out the missile museum too

    • @michaelmyers3892
      @michaelmyers3892 Год назад +1

      @@TheWestisBig did think about that that's a great idea thank you I've always been a gypsy and I love trying out new places

  • @zenbeanblossom9421
    @zenbeanblossom9421 8 месяцев назад +1

    I grew up in Las Cruces (45miles away from WS) and we had a 6th grade field trip in white sands. There we about 200 kids in the group. I had been here before and never seen any wildlife but it’s amazing how much a group of 200 kids can find. They found a horny toad lizard, and several regular lizards, insects, scorpions, and a rattle snake. The cool thing about all these animals was that they were all pure WHITE. Most of these animals are brown to black, never white.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  8 месяцев назад

      wow I've never seen anything alive there

  • @mcmahenc1
    @mcmahenc1 Год назад

    Having dealt in depth with people all over the US on the phone, PA was one of my favorite states including even Philly. CT was by far the rudest. NJ was usually good peeps too. Sometimes NY’ers were douchey but sometimes amazing. But literally CT was unanimously agreed upon by our team to be the rudest to deal with in the entire US. MN and WI were always awesome and any of the SE states too.

  • @susannenerad9851
    @susannenerad9851 Год назад

    Yeah it's pretty sad Nat'l Parks just being devastated by hoards of people, I mean I understand wanting to see them, but we are a overpopulating, dirty species. JMO, been to White Sands & it was amazing & actually not hardly any people, it was in October, pretty warm still, but the sand was nice & cool to the touch, thanks for sharing this awesome video

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  8 месяцев назад

      That's why New Mexico is a better place to go these days

  • @dta97392
    @dta97392 Год назад

    Wow/ very well done/ I am in oregon (willamette valley) i would love to do that trip in my Vw vanogan . Suggestions as to were I should start & what direction to go ? thx David

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад +1

      I suggest you watch or at least skim through my Utah video guide as its on the way. There are places you should stop on the way. Also look through my Road less traveled videos which feature some interesting Blm areas you probably never heard of.

  • @benlaw151
    @benlaw151 9 месяцев назад +1

    You missed New Mexico state park city of Rock near Faywood NM Luna County NM

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  9 месяцев назад

      thanks! it’s really off the beaten path

  • @reapsmccreep8847
    @reapsmccreep8847 3 месяца назад

    1:02:02 north and west side of NM.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  3 месяца назад

      that’s 380 heading west. so that’s why it’s phrased that way

  • @anthonycates7778
    @anthonycates7778 7 месяцев назад +1

    You missed out on City of Rocks

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  7 месяцев назад

      I don't know that one

    • @anthonycates7778
      @anthonycates7778 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheWestisBig Just north of Deming, NM! Next time.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  7 месяцев назад

      ah ill check it out

  • @panna-youtubepremium7693
    @panna-youtubepremium7693 Год назад +1

    What time is best to visit new mexico

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  Год назад

      Now through April are pretty good. few crowds.

  • @donaldinnewmexico
    @donaldinnewmexico 3 дня назад +1

    Tularosa is pronounced TWO LUH ROH SUH.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  3 дня назад

      thanks- but that's still going to hard for me to say.

  • @zantigar
    @zantigar 10 месяцев назад

    You completely bungled it - you missed the absolute best natural location in New Mexico: Bisti / De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area which has the most unbelievable geological forms in the US - probably in the world!

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  10 месяцев назад +1

      why don’t you watch my bisti video then apologize!!!!

  • @jamesblossom-y1u
    @jamesblossom-y1u 2 месяца назад +1

    Turkys were sacred, used for their feathers, and NOT food

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  2 месяца назад

      hmm i believe ive heard some say they were used for food on occasion

  • @theresawatson9075
    @theresawatson9075 7 месяцев назад +1

    Pronounced: malapi.

  • @xploration1437
    @xploration1437 10 месяцев назад

    Ta house? LoL, that’s not hoy you pronounce Taos.

    • @TheWestisBig
      @TheWestisBig  10 месяцев назад

      After 177,000 views you’re the only one who cares.

  • @jamesblossom-y1u
    @jamesblossom-y1u 2 месяца назад

    tuff, NOT tough

  • @mariannereno8501
    @mariannereno8501 Год назад

    Beware, a lot of people disappear in N.M.

    • @Wft-bu5zc
      @Wft-bu5zc Год назад

      Um not more than any other state in the west.

    • @pdixon3240
      @pdixon3240 Год назад

      A lot of people find themselves in New Mexico