Madrid Keeps It Weird
Above: Cowgirl Red in Madrid. On a warm day in 1988, Riana Peaker-Newman, then 16, and her father, Waylan Peaker, drove the 20 miles south from Santa Fe to Madrid, a once booming coal town nestled in…
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Category: July 2018
Yes, New Mexico is in the U.S.
CAN’T SALVAGE THAT ONE After a long online search for used truck parts, Jess Rankin, of Roswell, thought he had found everything he needed at a salvage yard in Michigan. But when he tried to order by…
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3 Little-Known Day-Trip Escapes
Above: Dwan Light Sanctuary, outside of Las Vegas, NM. Photograph by Jen Judge. The Land of Fire and Ice Escape the summer heat near Grants, with a descent into the mouth of the Ice Cave, a collapsed…
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Flight of the Hummingbirds
Silver City celebrates its tiniest tourists this month with a two-day festival July 28-29 devoted to the colorful hummingbirds who pause here during their migration between Mexico and Canada…
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Little Beaver Rides On
Above: Arnold Vigil, who took the place ofTroy Vicenti when he was no longer able to work, played Little Beaver alongside Dave Saunders as Red Ryder. Photograph by Dick Kent Photography LLC. TROY…
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3 Great New Mexican Summer Wines
We asked wine expert Tasha Zonski-Armijo to recommend some exceptional New Mexico bottles for a hot summer day, and she came up with these three, which you can find through the wineries’ websites or…
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Calling Clayton Home
Above: The Eklund Hotel in Clayton. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. WITH ITS COVEY OF COWBOY HATS, ranches, and prairie stillness, Clayton and its 2,763 residents exude a clear-cut Americana. Rabbit…
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Beyond O'Keeffe
Sculptor Debra Fritts and artist Frank Shelton in their Art Chapel. NOT MANY ART ADVENTURES begin with what sounds like spy talk: Meet me under the pink flamingo at Bode’s . That’s the starting point…
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The Best Ice Cream Makers in New Mexico
THERE IS NO PROBLEM that ice cream can’t fix. I can’t remember where I recently saw that old adage—probably in one of the shops I’ve slurped my way through these past few weeks, but it strikes me…
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The Lifeblood
Above: Louie Hena, a guide for 40 years, calls the river his church. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. LOUIE HENA SITS AT THE HELM of our Native Cultures Feast and Float excursion as it drifts a long…
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