Cool Down at These Water Escapes
CHILL OUT AFTER THE HOT SPRINGS. Drop into some hot springs at Jemez Springs—either primitive or developed. Hikers can reach the natural pools at Spence Hot Springs or McCauley Warm Springs, both in…
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Route 66 Motels Lost to History
THEIR NEON SIGNS BLAZED a trail for weary Route 66 travelers for decades, promising a clean room in an auto court with modern amenities like air-conditioning and hot and cold running water. While many…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Saddle up to the state fair. The New Mexico State Fair bursts out of the gates like a rodeo bull this weekend with activities, rides, concerts, delicious eats, and cute animals. Gates are open on…
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Chico's Serves Up Super Sabor
CARLOS CHICO ISN’T SHY ABOUT THE SECRET TO SUCCESS at Chico’s Tortas y Piñas Lokas, the nearly five-year-old Santa Rosa restaurant he owns with his wife, Juany. While sitting in a booth together…
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Try These 25 Classic New Mexico Restaurants
Click here for an enlarged version of this map. BIBO BAR & GRILLE Bibo Tucked inside an adobe facade off historic Route 66, Bibo Bar & Grille is no stranger to shifting with the times. The original…
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Explore New Mexico's Karst Country
HEADING EAST ON I-40, ROLLING HILLS covered in piñon-juniper scrub give way to the grasslands of the southern Great Plains. Other than the big blue sky and an occasional dramatic thunderstorm, the…
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Best Hikes for Spring Wildflowers
BY MAY, THE LOWLAND DESERTS in the south go quiet with the oncoming heat, but the cooler high deserts in the north, as well as mountains across the state, start to pick up the bloom with unique and…
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Sunflowers Turn Santa Rosa Into A Bloom Town
Above: The Pecos sunflower bloom brings new verve to Santa Rosa. Photograph by Christina Selby. ON A SUNNY DAY IN MARCH 2019, I drive past historic Route 66 signs and pull into the parking lot of…
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Dive into History in Santa Rosa
ALREADY THE WATERS taunt you. Come in, come in , they seem to insist, with an azure wink from a limitless drink that shimmers and extends down, down, to what looks like the center of the earth…
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Roads Less Traveled
WHY GO NOW With its long daylight hours, June is a perfect time to embark on this attraction-packed journey. It meanders for more than 200 miles through the Pecos River Valley, across sweeping…
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