The Flavor of New Mexico Honey
TIJERAS BEEKEEPER Amy Rogers withdraws the wooden taster from the jar, the tip coated in amber. She twirls it before handing it to me, the thimbleful of honey at the end glittering like blown glass…
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8 Only-in-New-Mexico Museums
SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK Capitán In the mountain village where a rescued cub became a national icon, this small but poignant museum traces Smokey Bear’s journey from the 1950 Capitán Gap Fire to…
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Route 66 Road Trip: Santa Rosa to Tijeras
ROUTE SANTA ROSA TO TIJERAS • Roughly 117 miles • Moriarty, Edgewood, Tijeras STAY. Strike up a conversation with owner Mike Pogue at the Sunset Motel in Moriarty to learn about its history…
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Cruise Route 66 Through Central New Mexico
THE SMALL TOWNS AND BRIGHT CITIES strung together by historic Route 66 in central New Mexico still harbor gems of yesteryear that flash from the roadside. Some Route 66 enthusiasts argue that one of…
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True Heroes 2022: Sean Sinclair
WHEN THE HERMITS PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE erupted this spring, growing from a prescribed burn in the Santa Fe National Forest into the worst wildfire in New Mexico history, Sean Sinclair didn’t hesitate…
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East Mountains High
IT'S ONLY 20 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE to the East Mountain communities of Tijeras and Cedar Crest, but as each mile falls away, as the altitude climbs, as the sidewalks and streetlights give…
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Roots Farm Café Celebrates Local Food
Above: Roots Farm Café is part restaurant, part coffee shop, part mercantile, even part farm. Photograph courtesy of Roots Farm Café. THEY JUST RAN OUT of Gouda for their roast beef panini, but no…
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Folk Art Fantasia
Above: Tinkertown Museum in Sandia Park. Photograph by Pat Canova / Alamy Stock Photo. Before his 1998 death, artist Ross Ward liked to say that “while you were watching TV” he came up with all of…
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