Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Get festive. Memorial Day weekend marks the start of summer fun all over the state, including more than 25,000 bikers who will roll into northern New Mexico for the 40th annual Red River Motorcycle…
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Posts From: May 2022
Editor's Letter: Trip Tips
"YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THIS,” offered Managing Editor Kate Nelson as she handed me the oversize DeLorme New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer, filled with maps detailing roads, topography, public lands, and a…
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Take a Wild Ride Through Southeast New Mexico
The Route Journey deep into the mystique of the Old West while searching out quirky art and eerie landscapes in this 184-mile adventure that starts in the seat of Lincoln County. The mountain air of…
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Trek Back in Time
The Route Summer is an ideal time to follow this scenic high-country route through old mining and ranch towns, volcano fields, and outdoor hot spots. From Ratón, NM 72 climbs to Johnson Mesa, then…
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Take the High Road to Taos
The Route For a whirlwind immersion in Spanish mission history, Southwestern eats, surreal rockscapes, and sublime northern New Mexican art, this High Road–to–US 285 loop—a 175-mile drive from Santa…
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Southwest Silver Rush
The Route Stray from the beaten path to experience this cross section of New Mexico life. Packed with hiking, history, food, and shopping, the route is well suited to families and adventurers alike…
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Road Trip through Northwest New Mexico
The Route Explore Native culture past and present as you visit ancient sites, trading posts, and galleries, with a side trip down memory lane on Historic Route 66. Your 266-mile journey starts in…
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Slow and Heady through Central New Mexico
The Route A magical trek through central New Mexico combines sacred sites, ancient ruins, and scenic hikes, all while you experience traditional folk art, New Mexican cuisine, and (mostly) modern…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Stop and smell the flowers. The lilacs in Taos are in full bloom—and oh, is the fragrance heavenly. Legend has it that many of the plants are descendants of ones imported from France in 1852 by…
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Good Faith in a Miraculous Window
IN 1926, IN A CITY christened with the Spanish word for Bethlehem, Ramon Baca y Chavez and his wife, Eulalia Castillo Baca, replaced a pane in a dormer window. It turned their Belén home into a…
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