Eavesdropping on The Sounds of Silence
The Plains of San Agustin are expansive, stretching 55-miles northeast to southwest, ranging from 5 to 15 miles across....
Ghost towns litter the back roads in New Mexico. Miners settled most of these abandoned communities, extracting a variety of precious minerals and ores...
Roaming the Lybrook Badlands
I had an opportunity to explore the Lybrook Fossil Area recently with Navajo Tours. They were on a scouting expedition to...
36th Annual Gathering of Nations
The 36th Annual Gathering of Nations PowWow will be held on April 23-25,2020 at the Powwow Grounds at Tingley Coliseum....
New Mexico became a state in 1912; however, humans settled the region thousands of years ago. Prior to first contact with Europeans, Meso-American tribes...
Dia de los Muertos—the Day of the Dead—is a holiday celebrated throughout Latin America on November 1. The tradition originated in Mexico.
Honoring Ancestors
Dia de...
Ghost towns litter the back roads in New Mexico. Miners settled most of these abandoned communities, extracting a variety of precious minerals and ores...
Messages from the Ancients
Whispers from the past echo through the basalt boulders on Albuquerque’s west side. The stones served as notepads for ancestors long...
Camping in Northeast New Mexico S-Z
If you are looking for places to go camping in northeast New Mexico, here's a list of options from S-Z. From primitive sites to...
Camping in Northeast New Mexico | A - J
If you are looking for places to go camping in northeast New Mexico, here's a list of options, from primitive sites...
Camping in Northwest New Mexico | Campgrounds
If you are looking for places to go camping in northwest New Mexico, here's a list of options, from primitive sites to pop...
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...
Aden Hills
No fee. Located about 20 miles west of Las Cruces, the area offers a variety of trails for hiking and biking, with several managed trails for OHV use....
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...
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...
New Mexico has an abundance of Spanish missions. Far more people are aware of California’s missions, many of which have been well preserved; however, New Mexico’s missions are much...
The Jemez Mountains are a source of solace for me. It doesn’t take long to get there from my front door and there are numerous activities and sights to...
