Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Stop and smell the lavender. Let your plant curiosity bloom on Saturday during the 20th annual Lavender in the Village Festival, held at Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
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Tag: Grants
Route 66 Stays with Personality
For the Car Junkie The 1939-built Blue Swallow Motel, in Tucumcari, is a classic motor-court gem. Sure, guests love the glowing neon and restored midcentury decor, but the historic garages attached to…
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Route 66 Public Art Stops
RUN, Gallup Two days before Robert Wilson learned the city of Gallup wanted him to create a sculpture on Route 66, the mixed-media artist was chasing a pair of jackrabbits along the trails of…
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Summer Car Shows in New Mexico
SPOKES ON 66 CAR SHOW June 5–6 Grants puts the pedal down on summer with the full-throttle Route 66 celebration June 5–6. “We are hoping to get 200 cars this year,” says event coordinator Jose Garcia…
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Datebook: June 2025
FLAMING PURPLE PAINT JOBS, cherry-red lifted Ford F-150s, butter-yellow 1960s Mustangs, and other shiny souped-up hot rods make it fun to ogle the offerings at the Spokes on 66 Car Show in Grants…
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Route 66 Road Trip: West Albuquerque to Manuelito
ROUTE WEST ALBUQUERQUE TO MANUELITO • Roughly 155 miles • Laguna, Grants, Bluewater, Thoreau, Gallup, Manuelito EAT. Rub elbows with the locals at El Cafecito in Grants, where the same friendly…
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Four Days on New Mexico’s Route 66
AS I GRIP THE STEERING wheel of a frost-blue 1959 Corvette convertible, I can feel the power of the 4.6-liter V-8 engine. I imagine the wind tossing my hair and the Rolling Stones version of Bobby…
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Go Retro on Route 66
WEARY MOTORISTS TRAVELING the Southwest might feel a sudden onset of déjà vu when they glance up at the Sands Motel sign written in neon light, as though the hotel had been duplicated at every exit…
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What We're Reading: The Ballad of Plácida Romero
“I BEG GOD FOR MY MEMORY,” begins the Spanish ballad “Corrido de Plácida Romero.” On August 8, 1881, Romero was captured at her home near Grants, in one of the last Apache war raids into the…
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Where to Find Fourth of July Fireworks
Alamogordo The New Mexico Museum of Space History hosts a drive-in watch party for fireworks on Monday from 6 to 10 p.m. The lot is limited to 200 cars, so get there early if you want a space. The…
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