Miracle Dirt at Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico
El Santuario de Chimayo is a strange combination of roadside tourist attraction and holy shrine. Fortunately, the two contrasting definitions…
The Turquoise Trail Byway From Albuquerque to Santa Fe
If one picture could sum up the entire trip up Rte. 14, this would be it. This is a beautiful…
Sandia Mountains – Above Albuquerque
People who live in Albuquerque love the Sandia Mountains. The tall mountain range towers more than 5,000 feet above the…
Mountainair & Manzano Mountains
In the tiny town of Mountainair, I was compelled to stop and take a few pictures of the brightly painted…
Gran Quivira – Salinas Pueblo Missions
Atop a small hill in the middle of New Mexico's nowhere, stands the ruins of an ancient city. Perhaps as…
Scenic Drive: Carrizozo, Ruidoso, and Claunch, New Mexico
After visiting the Trinity Site, my primary goal for the day, I suddenly realized that I needed to figure out…
Touring the Trinity Atomic Bomb Site, White Sands Missile Range
Just two days a year, New Mexico visitors are allowed to visit the site of an historic event that changed…
The Very Large Array: Listening to Space
So here was my problem. I left the Catwalk Trail around 4:05. I wanted to arrive at the Very Large…
Hiking the Catwalk in Glenwood, New Mexico
While most of the Gila National Forest is remote and unreachable (without a long hike or horseback ride), you can…
Trail of the Mountain Spirits Byway
On the return trip from the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, I decided to take the long way around: NM…