Today we drove east across the San Luis Valley towards the eastern edge of the Rockies:

We crossed into New Mexico and arrived at Capulin Volcano National Monument, a well-preserved cinder cone volcano:

We watched the visitor center film and checked out the exhibits:

Next we drove up the access road that winds around the volcano.  The parking lot is along the rim of the volcano.  Looking down into the caldera:

From the rim, we could see other cinder cones in the distance:

The kids completed their Junior Ranger workbooks and received their patches and badges:

We continued east, entering Texas:

They don’t call it the Great Plains for nothing:

As we continued east, we were engulfed by a dust storm:

We continued on to overnight at the Walmart of Dumas, Texas.  See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.