Dream Wedding Venues Across New Mexico
GROWING UP, Karly Candelaria dreamed of getting married on the historic farm now known as Houser Raspberry Ranch. “It’s a sentimental place,” Candelaria says of the Mora County property, where her…
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Tag: Organ Mountains
Lost Oasis in the Organ Mountains
TUCKED INTO THE rugged folds of the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, crumbling stone walls mark the ghostly remnants of the Van Patten Mountain Camp—once an oasis where visitors escaped the desert…
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Searching for the Lost Padre Mine
BENEATH THE CRAGGY SPIRES of the Organ Mountains, rumors of hidden gold still drift through piñon-juniper canyons near Las Cruces. For at least 150 years, the legend of the Lost Padre Mine has lured…
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Tips and Tricks for Photographing Wildflowers
WHETHER IT'S THE SPRING FLUSH OF GOLD POPPIES in the southern deserts, a rare flowering cactus in the badlands, or the wildflower-filled meadows of the northern mountains, New Mexico wildflower…
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Monumental Effort
"LET'S GO RIDE SOME DITCHES," Matt Mason says. We pedal through downtown Las Cruces and quickly turn off the pavement onto a dirt path alongside a dry irrigation ditch. For a few minutes I wonder if…
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Wildflower Boom
Mexican poppies along the Baylor Canyon Pass trail. SHAKE OFF THE WINTER BLAHS on this 5.6-mile trail near Las Cruces that kicks off New Mexico’s wildflower season in spectacular fashion. After a…
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Rocks That Speak
Above: A petroglyph panel in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. AS WE WALKED THE SHORT DISTANCE to our destination in the Sierra de las Uvas, northwest of Las Cruces, I noticed our…
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Cold Comforts
Above: Resolve to have fun this New Year with a host of winter adventures. Illustrations by Ryan Johnson. SLAPSHOT SNAPSHOT With a crash, Spencer Rudrud’s shoulder hits the partition in front of me…
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Shoot for the Sky
Above: Organ Mountain Morning Mist by Wayne Suggs. Photography by Wayne Suggs. On a typical afternoon, I am with my camera gear, driving along a rocky two-track road in the shadow of the Organ…
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