TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AS A FAMILY, Christina Selby has advice: “Plan for the kids first.” It’s wisdom that the writer, photographer, naturalist, and mother of two boys gleaned the hard way from a…
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Plan ahead and bring extra food to make your camping adventure a success. Photograph by Christina Selby. CHOOSE WISELY. If it’s your first time out, start close to home, advise expert family campers…
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LAKE MALOYA COMES INTO VIEW as we descend switchbacks on the back side of Little Horse Mesa, near Ratón. The late-morning heat gives way to the cool microclimate of Segerstrom Creek, its gurgles…
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Camp overnight at one of these three family-friendly sites. Illustration by Ryan Johnson. Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Tracks Travel back in time to when dinosaurs ruled the eastern plains of…
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SPEED AND JOY COLLECT LIKE SNOW at Ruidoso Winter Park, where 10 runs for solo or four-to-six-person tubes cut through the hills. The park’s three Magic Carpet lifts mean you won’t waste time trudging…
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Above: Chantelle Wagner tends to the family's U-pick chile field. AT A NINE-ACRE FIELD in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, would-be farmers are on the hunt. Big Jim Farms offers the only U-Pick chile…
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Photograph by Kelli Johansen. Sure, the piñons dotting the landscape are expected, but the Galisteo Basin Preserve, near Lamy, is full of surprises. Top a ridge and find Moab-like red dirt and…
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Above: For clever costumes and extremely impressive pumpkin carvings, head to Los Alamos. Photograph by Tira Howard. Come late October in Los Alamos, you can hardly swing a plastic skeleton without…
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WANT TO SLEEP UNDER THE STARS? Try the mind-blowing Milky Way views from a certified Dark Sky Sanctuary. You can camp beside wildflower meadows or among volcanic rock columns, on the ghostly gypsum…
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