Have a Blast with Fourth of July Fireworks
Alamogordo Alamogordo presents its most patriotic theme yet with the “Salute to Freedom” Independence Day Parade, which starts at 10 a.m. on Oregon Avenue and travels down 10th Street to New York…
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Posts From: June 2023
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate a historic site. The land where Fort Selden Historic Site sits has had a remarkable past, first as farmland for Mogollon people as early as 400 AD, and much later as an 1860s military…
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Shift Gears at Chokecherry Canyon
THE 37-INCH TIRE SMACKED AGAINST a low sandstone outcrop protruding from Garage Trail in Chokecherry Canyon, just outside Farmington. The Jeep pitched left, and our driver, Danny Israel, chuckled as…
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Take a Spin with Justin Small
A VID MOUNTAIN BIKER JUSTIN SMALL had been leading tours as part of his work at a hotel in Santa Fe and showing his friends and family around trail systems near town for years. Three years ago, he…
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Fall Head over Wheels for These Trails
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE Sugarite Canyon Tour. Ride through oaks and along sunny, pink bluffs before climbing into pine forest in northern New Mexico’s Sugarite Canyon State Park…
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Get a Taste of the Chips & Salsa Trail
THE FIRST SUMMER I OWNED A MOUNTAIN BIKE, the trails at Glorieta Camps almost shut me down. When rocks or a steep pitch spit me off my bike, I stepped into mud that stuck to my shoes and caked on so…
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Yucca Bird Herb Farm Levels Up Your Meals
SINCE 1998, THE FOLKS FROM BOXCAR FARMS, in rural Llano, near Peñasco in Taos County, have sold their organic products at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market. For Avrum Katz and Kristen Davenport, it’s a…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. ROAD TRIPPER A 1972 graduate of St. Pius X High School, in Albuquerque, LOUIE CASTORIA was hanging out at the Ace Hardware in Half Moon Bay, California, when a…
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MEW + Company Is a Whole Vibe
DOWNTOWN LAS CRUCES can be a busy place. But step into MEW + Company, and the frenzy fades. Candle fragrance fills the space, while vintage jazz plays in the background. It’s a lovely backdrop for…
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The Medallion Trees Mystery
IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, there’s history sprinkled along the trails of the Sandía Mountains. Dollar-coin-size medallions, tacked to the trunks of trees, mark an ecological timeline that roughly ties…
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