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Camping and Lodging
During our stay in New Mexico and Colorado and on the van-truck trip out and back, we will be camping and staying in lodges or hostels with dorm or bunk rooms respectively. Hence, students will need camping gear including tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad-thermorest as well as personal items, such as towels and toiletries. For a complete list of personal, camping, and geologic supplies needed, please click the following link Essential Clothing and Gear.
Students and Staff will be camping on the trip out and perhaps on the trip back although we may stay in cheap motels on the trip back if the weather is really hot. In addition, we will be camping at Abiquiu, Jemez Springs, and Navajo Lake, NM and a night each near the Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO and at Creede, CO. Hence, students and staff will need his/her own tent, sleeping bags sleeping pad, and towels and other related gear for the duration of the field course. At Sipapu Lodge near Taos, NM, and at Hacienda de Valdez, near the Taos Ski Valley, students and staff will be housed in bunk, dorm, or cabin style rooms. At Sipapu Lodge and Hacienda de Valdez, blankets, linens, and towels are furnished.
To see photos of most of the camping sites and lodges or hostels where we will be staying, please view the slideshow below.
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Camping: You will be camping at the following locations/situations:
2 nights on trip out in Tennessee and Oklahoma (1 night may be in a cheap motel)
7 nights at Abiquiu, NM
5 nights at US Forest Service Vista Linda Campground near Jemez Springs, NM
3 nights at Navajo Lake State Park, east of Aztec, NM
1 night at Great Sand Dunes, CO in transition night from Sipapu, NM to Creede, CO
1 night at Rio Grande National Forest at Creede or South Fork, CO
2 nights on trip back in Oklahoma and Tennessee (one or both of these may be in
a cheap motel)
Dorm Room Lodging: You will be sleeping in a bunk/dorm/cabin rooms with beds at these sites:
17 nights at the Sipapu Lodge 22 miles east of Taos, NM
6 nights at the Hacienda de Valdez at the Taos Ski Valley near Taos, NM
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Box 502, Hinton, OK 73047; (405-542-6344)
Nights of May 12 through May 18
Camp at US Forest Service Vista Linda Campground near Jemez Springs, NM
Navajo Lake State Park, 1448 NM 511 #1, Navajo Dam, NM 87419 (575-632-2278)
Nights of May 27 through June 12
Sipapu Lodge, Highway 518, Route Box 29, Vadito, NM 87579; (505-587-2240)
Night of June 14
Camp at US Forest Service Rio Grande National Forest at Creede or South Fork, CO;
1803 W. Highway 160, Monte Vista, CO 81144; (719-852-5941)
Hacienda de Valdez between Taos and Taos Ski Valley; Rented by Taos Vacation Rentals,
Box 4626 NDCBU, Taos, NM 87571 (575-758-5700, 800-788-8267)
Night of June 21
Cheap Motel near Oklahoma City, OK
Cedars of Lebanon State Park, 328 Cedar Forest Rd., Lebanon, TN 37090; (615-443-2769)
or cheap motel near Cedars of the Lebanon, TN
June 23 – Return to North Carolina
Address mail to Student or Staff, c/o North Carolina Geology Field Course at the addresses listed
below within the suggested time frames.
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Sipapu Resort Route Box 29 Vadito, NM 87579 Send Mail No Later Than June 08 |
Taos Vacation Rentals DBA TVR Box 4626 NDCBU Taos, NM 87571 Send Mail No Later Than June 16 |