Trace the Goodnight-Loving Trail
WHERE LONGHORNS ONCE kicked up red dust, oil pumpjacks known as “nodding donkeys” now pepper the land along the Pecos River, from the Texas border to up past Artesia. The opportunity to turn hard work…
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Tag: Pecos River
The Journey of the Green Bridge
SURROUNDED BY TIMEWORN cultivators and tillage equipment, a steel bridge that predates New Mexico statehood rests on the grounds of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, in Las Cruces. The…
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Running with the Pecos River Current
THE FIRST FISH CATCHES US BOTH BY surprise. I’m practicing flicking my rod to set the fly into a deeper stretch of the Pecos River when the indicator twitches. I tug back, just attempting to unhook…
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Fishing Guide Shares His Favorite Tips
F OR VETERAN FLY-FISHING GUIDE IVAN VALDEZ , the Pecos River has un poco de todo—a little of everything. The number of browns, cutthroats, and stocked rainbows help make the Pecos River special, says…
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Pecos River Fishing Retreat
LOOKING AT THE PILE OF WORK ON MY DESK, thinking about deadlines and what could be put off until Monday, I made a snap decision to go fishing on a Friday afternoon. I called ahead to El Parasol for a…
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Your Carlsbad Travel Guide
Get out. Learn more about the Chihuahuan Desert’s wildlife at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, in Carlsbad. A 1.3-mile hike threads among yucca, agave, shrubs, and trees, through an…
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Get a Taste of Western Hospitality
THE NARROW ROAD LEADING TO LOS PINOS GUEST RANCH splits away from NM 63 and cuts into the side of a forested ridge along the Upper Pecos River in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The family-run ranch…
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The Pecos River Shines Bright
B OAT TOURS ALONG THE PECOS RIVER through a wonderland of twinkling light displays, a Christmas Village arts and crafts market, and visits with Santa have enchanted Carlsbad for more than three…
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Three Ways to Experience New Mexico's Lakes and Rivers This Summer
Standup paddleboarding is as close as you can get to walking on water. Illustration by Michael Byers. Rent a pontoon boat at Elephant Butte Marina del Sur has whatever floats your boat for a summer…
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The Fisher’s Fisherman
Above: Norman Maktima fly-fishing in the Pecos River. Photographs by Andrew Kornylak. THE RÍO CHAMA FLOWS cold and green below Abiquiú Dam, north of Española. Some of us might look at the river and…
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