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ROMERO’S SOMBREROS. The Ruidoso shop, specializing in custom hats and refurbishing, might as well be a museum. James Romero has spent decades gathering and rehabbing a massive collection of beaver…
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is a freelance writer in Silver City, where he enjoys hiking around the Gila National Forest. He drives to Albuquerque whenever he can to catch Isotopes baseball.
ROMERO’S SOMBREROS. The Ruidoso shop, specializing in custom hats and refurbishing, might as well be a museum. James Romero has spent decades gathering and rehabbing a massive collection of beaver…
Read More“I’VE DONE HATS for everybody from the Black Crowes to Beyoncé to Tim McGraw,” says Charlie Overbey, founder of Lone Hawk Hats, which has locations in Madrid and Los Angeles. “With country music being…
Read MoreAS WE GATHER at Fuller Lodge for the History of the Secret City tour in downtown Los Alamos, guide Jim Shipley asks, “So, who’s seen Oppenheimer?” Most of the group of 10—which ranges from a teen to…
Read MorePecos National Historical Park. Among the free tours, the daily Ancestral Sites Tour teaches visitors about Ancestral Pueblo and Spanish Colonial history. Three times a week, the Civil War Walking…
Read MoreA ROCKY INCLINE LEADING to a cloudless desert sky fills the screen. Then the video angle pans down to wilderness adventurer Brett Vaughn as he details his plans to climb the treacherous rock face with…
Read MorePrepare. The high-desert sun is no joke. Dress smart for outdoors events. “Sunscreen, sun protection, and hydration are the things that we preach to everybody,” says Jamie Lenfestey, director of…
Read MoreBLACK KRYSTAL FLASH MIDGE Best in tiny sizes (22–26), its black segmented body makes it a popular midge pattern. “This fly is just a great representation of the natural insects,” Chavez says. FOAM…
Read MoreHIGHWAY 511 WEAVES through hills and gullies into the small mountain community of Navajo Dam. Anglers from around the world travel here to cast for brown and rainbow trout that occupy this beautiful…
Read More“S O, YOU BUILD BOATS IN THE DESERT?” Errol Baade has heard the question many times in his tenure at Aztec-based Jack’s Plastic Welding (JPW), which designs and manufactures everything from river rafts…
Read MoreFROM THE PENNY LANE Access Point in Farmington, rafters can see where the lazy pace of the Animas River abruptly ends in churning rapids. The highlight? An eight-foot drop at the culmination. “It’s…
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