Follow the Water Through Mills Canyon
A SLOW PLUME OF DUST HANGS behind my truck, then dissolves with the wind. For miles, the shortgrass prairie of eastern New Mexico offers little beyond itself. Side oats, blue grama, buffalo grass, and…
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Tag: Camping
Explore Río Grande del Norte National Monument
MY WIFE SEES IT BEFORE I DO. As we mount the cerro in silence, wind hisses across the sage and rocks and into the piñon and juniper. Above, ravens and vultures play on rising thermals. Below, pinyon…
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Coyote Creek’s New Cabin Stays
A DEER STROLLS BY as we finish dinner on a metal picnic table outside a log-sided cabin at Coyote Creek State Park, in Guadalupita. The deer’s massive ears swivel toward us even as it keeps browsing…
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Where to Camp Near Chaco
Gallo Campground. Sleep in your RV or tent at the edge of Chaco Culture National Historical Park at the 29-site campground, with views from some campsites to Fajada Butte and from others to a small…
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Mac and Cheese Makeover
AFTER ROB MCCORMACK’S WIFE, Tania, spent a whole summer doctoring mac and cheese with frozen green chile, he detected a business opportunity. As a passionate outdoorsman, McCormack was always looking…
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Camping Gear Designed for Kids
WHEN OUTDOOR enthusiasts Tavis and Amber Malcolm took their 10-week-old son, Morrison, nicknamed Mo, on his inaugural camping trip in 2018, they bundled him in everything they could find to keep him…
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Art City, Here We Come
DAWN LIGHT BATHES ART CITY in pastels. Mauves and pinks unfurl over the desert plains, lending a gauzy morning majesty to the giant sculpture of a poppy-red mouth that sits outside my trailer. I open…
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Find Biking Heaven in Angel Fire
LEARNING HOW TO MOUNTAIN BIKE comes with all sorts of axioms that double as life lessons. Keep your eyes on where you want to go. Look past the problem, and you might just roll through it. But the…
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This recipe originally appeared in "Beyond S'mores" by Lynn Cline…
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Dutch Oven Blueberry Cobbler
This recipe originally appeared in "Beyond S'mores" by Lynn Cline…
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