One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. OFF THE BEATEN PATH JAN AND LEE RADER sent us a snapshot of the International Travel section at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Manassas, Virginia. What was shelved…
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Tag: New Mexico
Get Settled in New Mexico
RICHARD JOY VISITED NEW MEXICO only once before moving into Del Webb at Alegria, a 55-plus community in Bernalillo. That first trip was barely a pit stop in Albuquerque’s Old Town during a move from…
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Editor's Letter: Dig Deep
WE HAD BARELY TURNED ONTO THE ENTRANCE road to Carlsbad Caverns National Park when my wife pointed to our left. “Look,” she said. “Stop the car.” Barbary sheep were everywhere, grazing along the…
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The Real Elfego Baca
IF ELFEGO BACA—who once held 80 rampaging Texas cowboys at bay for 36 hours—had lived to see his life portrayed in the Walt Disney TV-series [Elfego Baca], he would have enjoyed it immensely. He might…
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Ancient Enigmas
IN THE 17TH CENTURY, the Four Corners region turned cruel. Chaco’s Ancestral Puebloan people had fled three centuries earlier, their elaborate social structure abandoned as the culture’s various…
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Protect Our Historic Sites
Volunteers donate time and gas money to monitor archaeological sites all across the state for erosion, vandalism, looting, and deteriorating conditions. The Salmon Ruins Museum’s team of site stewards…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: March 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. MIDWEST NOT-SO-NICE After a visit to Tucson, JANICE JONES was returning to the Midwest via Amtrak, on the Sunset Limited, set to change trains in San Antonio, Texas…
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These Getaways Are One of a Kind
RIDGEWALK TREEHOUSE, ANGEL FIRE Floating among pines and hummingbirds, Angel Fire’s RidgeWalk Treehouse opens to magnificent views of the elk, deer, cougars, and bears that populate this part of the…
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Quench Your Thirst with Zia Beverage
STAYING HYDRATED IN THE DESERT is a lot more fun when you imbibe one of the creative and delicious libations from Zia Beverage, based in Taos. The company’s sodas and teas boast all-natural…
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Moving Forward
DUSTIN BERG GREW UP HIKING, HUNTING, CAMPING, AND SKIING throughout New Mexico. After a 2003 motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, everything in his life changed—except for his…
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