Simon Brewer and Anna Morrell made a trip on March 20th, 2007 to the Capulin Volcano National Monument in Northeastern New Mexico.

Simon: It was my birthday and I always want to do some sort of outdoor-type-activity on my birthday; last year (2006) I caught a tornado on a cold-core storm chase in Western Oklahoma, 2005 I climbed a small mountain in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge in Southwestern Oklahoma, 2004 I went hiking in the Wichita Mountains, 2003 I climbed the Chimney Tops Mountain in the Smokey Mountain National Park in eastern Tennessee.

This year I decided I would drive to Northeastern New Mexico and check out the Capulin Volcano National Monument. I had always wanted to check this area out, but never had the chance. I figured I would hit two birds with one stone and check out Black Mesa in the Western Oklahoma Panhandle and climb to the highest point in Oklahoma on top of the Mesa; we didn't get the time to do both, so we just drove by Black Mesa and promissed to get up on top another day.