Elevate Your Campfire Desserts
CAMPING IS ONE OF summer’s great pleasures. After a day of roughing it, few things could be sweeter than breaking out s’mores for dessert. The gooey concoction of roasted marshmallows and melty…
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Tag: Summer
Ride the Waves of the Río
AS WE PILE INTO A VAN for the drive upstream to the put-in at Alameda Bridge in Corrales, the conversation quickly turns to the river: How high is the water? Is it up or down from last week? It’s…
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Taste the Bounty of Summer
THE COOL CRISPNESS of cucumbers, from long slicers to small pickling cukes, makes a welcome antidote to hot days, especially when paired with feathery fronds of dill. Toward summer’s climax, our…
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Summer Eats and Treats
DURING THE DOG DAYS, I start looking at my stove as an enemy. Not only has the heat zapped my energy to cook, but working over a hot oven sounds like a punishment of the cruel and unusual variety…
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Rock Out with These Concert Tips
Prepare. The high-desert sun is no joke. Dress smart for outdoors events. “Sunscreen, sun protection, and hydration are the things that we preach to everybody,” says Jamie Lenfestey, director of…
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Tips for Summer Family Fun
SCOTT NYDAM FOUNDED Gallup’s Silver Stallion to help get kids interested in mountain biking. The club has grown from one middle school physical education mountain-bike program in 2018 to 13 in-school…
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The Ultimate Summer Adventure Guide
MY FAMILY ROAD-TRIPPED throughout New Mexico in the summers when I was growing up, tent-camping out of a Ford Econoline van. Opportunities for outdoor fun seemed to await us around every corner: We’d…
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Hit These Family-Friendly Summer Festivals
JUNE 17–22 Spaceport America Cup The intercollegiate aerospace engineering conference is inspirational—and open to the public—as more than 150 teams design, build, and fly rockets at New Mexico’s…
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Your Guide to Traveling Slow
JUDITH FEIN SAYS SHE “lives to leave.” The Santa Fe–based writer, who has contributed to more than a hundred publications, is passionate about traveling—but not just any travel. In her new book, Slow…
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Five Summer Activities for Kids
KEEPING YOUR KIDS BUSY (and off their devices) can feel like a full-time job. Finding fun and educational activities that fit their individual personalities and interests can be even harder. Feel free…
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