• The Phillips family took a bicycle tour through Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico and its surrounding desert.

  • Old town is one section of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where adobe buildings are common.

  • Fireworks explode over the 4th of July in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

  • The Rio Grande River is shown here in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

  • The miracle staircase is located at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

  • A light post in Roswell, New Mexico pays homage to the controversial UFO incident that took place there on July 7, 1947.

  • One must be very quiet while touring Carlsbad Caverns. A normal speaking volume can carry one quarter-of-a-mile in the cave.

  • The big room at Carlsbad Caverns can dip into the mid 50-degree temperatures, sometimes up to 50 degrees cooler than the temperature at the surface.

  • Carlsbad Caverns is located in southern New Mexico.

  • Carlsbad Caverns has a set of stunning sights in the Big Room.

  • Visitors can take an elevator more than 700 feet down to see Carlsbad Caverns — or hike.

  • Tombstone, Arizona embraces its tourist town reputation.

  • Doc Holliday’s Saloon is a top stop in Tombstone, Arizona, with a lively karaoke crowd.

  • The Tombstone Epitaph was founded in 1880, just before the famous gunfight at the OK Corral.

  • Actors portraying the Earp brothers and Doc Holiday pose for a photo at the OK Corral.

  • An actor portraying Doc Holliday serves as the narrator in a re-enactment of the Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

  • The gunfight at the OK Corral lasted less than 30 seconds, three men were killed and three more wounded in a story that has been re-enacted in films so many times it’s grown into a legend.

  • The Colorado River snakes through the floor of the Grand Canyon.

  • Sunset at the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

  • President Dwight Eisenhower is among those who posed in front of Duck on a Rock at the Grand Canyon.

  • The Grand Canyon provides some breathtaking views along the south rim.

  • South rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

  • Stunning views from the south rim are common at the Grand Canyon.

  • Monument Valley is on the northern border of Arizona.

  • The stark contrast in Monument Valley have made it a perfect setting for Westerns through the years.

  • Director John Ford and acting legend John Wayne made numerous western movies in Monument Valley, Arizona.

  • The jutting rocks at Monument Valley are entrancing in northern Arizona.

  • Monument Valley is a red-sand desert region on the Arizona-Utah border, is known for the towering sandstone buttes of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

  • Monument Valley adds a strong visual component to the desert of northern Arizona.

  • The sandstone buttes jut up from the desert floor at Monument Valley in Arizona.

  • “I’m pretty tired, I think I’ll go home.” — from Momunet Valley, Arizona.

  • The Phillips Family is shown here at Carlsbad Caverns.