New Mexico Travel Blogs

Up and ready for a new day well before nine a.m. so we went down to the lobby for breakfast.  A small bowl of Raisin Bran cereal, a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee. Only one stop today and that is Rock City State Park, between Deming and Faywood, New Mexico. It is a very unusual out…

On Saturday I had to work as usual: I awoke at 4:00 am and did the usual shower, brush teeth, take a cup of tea, rush out the door and be at work by 5:00 am or 5: 30 latest. The night before I had had dinner with my friend Matt and his daughter, we talked of the Wizard of Oz and the impact it has h…

In order to assure he wouldn't miss me too much on my year abroad, my dad and I planned a roadtrip. 40 hours together in a little car ought to do the trick. The second half of our trip was from Houston to Santa Fe, via Carlsbad, NM. Amazingly enough, there's not a lot to see in West Texas or easter…

Flew into Albuquerque early in the morning and with the hour pick-up for moving from Central to Mountain Time, we had a full day to head for Santa Fe.  New Mexico has always resonated with me and this excursion ended a fifteen year absence.  There are a myriad of mystical landscapes…

Our family has a tradition of an annual camping trip.  This particular trip was planned by my sisiter-in-law the location,Ute lake, in New Mexico, was chosen due to it's midway point.  Normally I'm all for camping, I love it!  This particular year though I had a 4…

I worked out here for alomst a year and i had a blast. A complete opposite utopia I thought the southwest would be. These are mix of photos of my year around this area. A reminder of what I truly appreciate in nature and people : )

The train pulled into the terminal and I caught the shuttle to the airport.  Did some souvenir shopping as I waited for my flight, then it was time to head back to Austin.  It was a great trip!!

I was sooo excited to take the 4 hour caving tour on Saturday where you get to crawl around the cave off the trails.  And then I was soooo bummed when I found out the tour was sold out - in fact, they sell out a month in advance!  I wish the website would have mentioned that!  I almo…

  The New Mexico night along Highway 70 from Clovis to Roswell can spark the imagination. Some miles into that remote stretch, an odd array of red lights - fifty or more - blinked in unison for miles across the blackened landscape. As I motored southwest toward them at sixty miles per hour, t…

Today we were leaving Amarillo, and we had a long way to go. We were going to spend the night in Gallup, NM, but planned a stop in Santa Fe to see the Lorreto Chapel, famous for the Miracle Staircase. Distance from Amarillo to Gallup was about 450 miles. We wanted to leave reasonably early, so we c…

The annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Shiprock, New Mexico has legendary status in Indian lore.  In fact almost everyday at dusk the giant mountain seems to float away from the ground it sits on, like a real ship.   This is another of those sights that you can see from miles away and you can tell why there is such a lege…

After landing in Albuquerque and picking up a pork burrito at a local stop, I drove on the Jemez Mountain Trail through some beautiful country until I arrived at Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos. 

It's been great to be back in Albuquerque the past few months, because more than anything else, I miss the food! I even made a trip out to New Mexico in 2004 for the sole purpose of eating. Here is what could be waiting for you:(Note: This may be a bad idea if you have Acid Reflux disease or are …

Here are some pictures of the Capital, its very nice and well kept. In the summer this place is very crowded with torists.