THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL The vital pack mule caravan route connected Santa Fe to Los Angeles throughout the 1830s and ’40s. Following established Native footpaths, the roughly 2,700-mile trail runs along…
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1 Attend a film festival. For the first time, the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFIFF) expands to six full days of programming, showing more than 200 films, including 74 features, at venues…
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ROUTE PECOS TO ALBUQUERQUE • Roughly 192 miles • Santa Rosa, Romeroville, Tecolote, Bernal, San Jose, Pecos, Glorieta, Santa Fe, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Algodones, Bernalillo, and Albuquerque EAT. The…
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1 See wool become yarn. Many of us wear wool, but few know how it gets from a sheep’s coat to the yarn that makes our cozy sweaters. At the Bosque Redondo Fiber Fair near Fort Sumner, learn about…
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1 Experience independent cinema. Santa Fe International Film Festival This festival showcasing independent, international, and Indigenous films has become one of the most lauded in the country, and…
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BYRON T’S SALOON Las Vegas Named for Byron T. Mills, the former owner of the Plaza Hotel and one-time Las Vegas mayor, this saloon is a chameleon of a place. “Las Vegas has always been a melting…
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CHILL OUT AFTER THE HOT SPRINGS. Drop into some hot springs at Jemez Springs—either primitive or developed. Hikers can reach the natural pools at Spence Hot Springs or McCauley Warm Springs, both in…
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MAYBE IT’S OUR DRY climate or maybe it’s our appreciation for fine craftsmanship, but New Mexico is a gold mine for antiques shopping. Support local businesses, do something good for the environment…
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“YOU GOT EYES,” Jack Kerouac wrote to photographer Robert Frank in 1958. Anyone exiting Journey West: Danny Lyon—an exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum, on view through August 27, 2023—might say the…
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THIS MONTH, NEW MEXICO’S FAITHFUL will observe the Christmas season with cherished traditions. That’s especially true in Bernalillo, a small town north of Albuquerque that has resisted the urban…
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