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Over the last week or so we have been hanging with our good friends John and Sharon Mostoller, who are fellow fulltime RV\u2019ers. Knowing our paths were crossing for only a short time, we packed in the activities.<\/p>\n

Our first stop was the Valley of Fire Recreation Area (a volcanic flow area) in Carrizozo, NM run by the Bureau of Land management, where we stayed for 3 days of sightseeing and catching up.<\/p>\n

The lava flow, created from lava spewing from volcanic vents rather than an eruption, is thought to be the youngest in the continental United States, at 1,500 \u2013 2,000 years old. It stretches 44 miles long covering 125 square miles.<\/p>\n

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As the lava cooled and wind deposited soil and seeds, plants took root and the lava flow came alive. The flowers and cacti were in bloom and with the black lava for a back drop they were even prettier.<\/p>\n

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The tree behind us is about 400 years old.<\/p>\n

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There were some very unique flow shapes, crevices, and \u201clava bubbles\u201d.<\/p>\n

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It was a very unique place to stay. The pictures just can\u2019t convey the awe and beauty of the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last week or so we have been hanging with our good friends John and Sharon Mostoller, who are fellow fulltime RV\u2019ers. Knowing our paths were crossing for only a short time, we packed in the activities. Our first stop was the Valley of Fire Recreation Area (a volcanic flow area) in Carrizozo, NM […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[88,116,65,981,107],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-blm","tag-john-and-sharon","tag-new-mexico","tag-sightseeing","tag-valley-of-fire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC_0079b.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3hvz5-F3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2659,"url":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/2659","url_meta":{"origin":2545,"position":0},"title":"Waving Goodbye to New Mexico","author":"Wendy","date":"May 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Our time in New Mexico is at an end and we are heading into Colorado. 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