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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Sandstone benches on the southwest end of Abiquiú Lake make for a quiet spot for picnicking and watching the sunset. Photograph by Jen Judge. Camps Less Traveled Find solitude—and some rare…
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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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Lyle E. Bennett designed these picnic shelters exclusively for White Sands National Park. Photograph by Tira Howard. LIKE SILVERY METAL SAILBOATS skimming a sea of blanched dunes, the picnic shelters…
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Above: David Estrada. Photograph by Juan Lebreche. Just for reference, it’s Friday. So you and your favorite sweatpants made it to the weekend. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up a tasty at-home cookie…
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Above: AT&SF 2926 in California pulling the Chief, a passenger train. Photographs by Western Railway Museum Archives. In 1999, when Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca decided to sell the AT&SF 2926 to the…
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Above: Sky City towers over Acoma's rugged landscape. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. MARISSA CHINO, OUR TOUR GUIDE, spots me lagging behind the group and urges me to join everyone else at the sheer…
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Photographs by Douglas Merriam Twas the weekend before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring—until we heard sleigh bells ring-ting-tingling in Ruidoso’s upper canyon. We…
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Above: The Muertos y Marigolds Parade in Albuquerque. Photograph by Gabriella Campos. Since migrating from Mexico, Día de los Muertos has spread across the Southwest. Traditionally a post-Halloween…
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