Roadtrips
Highway 53 | Grants to Zuni Pueblo
There are many people who are proponents of taking the direct route between point A and B. I’m not one of them. Friends and family can attest to my...
Capulin Volcano
New Mexico facilitates the wandering mind. Often when I am wandering in areas far from power lines and my species, I contemplate how many feet have touched the earth...
Elizabethtown
New Mexico has an enormous amount of intriguing fodder for “based on a true story” westerns should that genre ever come back into style. Several New Mexico mining towns...
Fantastic Fall Color in New Mexico
Autumn is a special time in New Mexico. The brisk mornings provide optimal conditions for local balloonists, who fill the skies with their bright, colorful, wafting orbs. The smell...
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge spans 57,191 acres of wilderness south of Socorro. The refuge offers a safari opportunity in the high desert, particularly for wildlife enthusiasts seeking serenity...
Las Cruces Travel Guide
Things to see and do
Achenback Canyon bouldering
Easily accessible, but seldom hiked trail accessed by the road to Soledad Canyon. It is a bit more challenging than Soledad Canyon and...
Las Cruces
Doña Ana County
Doña Ana County, established in 1852, is one of thirty-three counties in New Mexico. It is the second-most populated county in the state. The county seat, Las...
Turquoise Trail
The U.S. Department of Transportation combined the Sandia Crest Scenic Byway (NM 536) and the Turquoise Trail Scenic & Historic Byway (NM 14) into a single route on June...
Billy the Kid Scenic Byway
Recently I took a poll on social media to figure out which scenic byway I should write up next. I limited the poll to seven options. Billy the Kid...
White Sands
New Mexico is a state of fascinating landscapes. From the out of this world rock formations of Bisti/De-Na-Zin and City of Rocks, to horizons punctuated by dormant volcanos, to...
