LIVING DESERT ZOO and Gardens, in Carlsbad, gives an up-close look at species rarely seen in the wild, like a mountain lion and bobcat. “The prairie dog exhibit is the most popular for the kids,” says…
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"I THINK THIS IS OUR SITE," I say to my friend as I pull the car up next to the number matching our reservation at City of Rocks State Park. “That would be awesome if it is,” he replies. A cluster of…
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TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AS A FAMILY, Christina Selby has advice: “Plan for the kids first.” It’s wisdom that the writer, photographer, naturalist, and mother of two boys gleaned the hard way from a…
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WHEN YOU’RE IN NEW MEXICO, true romance comes easier than a dozen roses or a prix fixe dinner. You can find it in the mares’ tail clouds that frame a mountaintop sunset, on a chilly morning hiking the…
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Above: Robert V. Apodaca. Photograph by Jay Hemphill. ROBERT V. APODACA WOULDN'T CALL HIMSELF a rockhound. Yet for nearly 12 years, the self-proclaimed history buff has managed a destination that…
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Above: Jewels of the night bedeck the sky above the Florida Mountains, in southwestern New Mexico. Photographs by Wayne Suggs. A QUILT OF STARS REFLECTS on the steaming water of one of three hot…
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