This adorable little café is one of those places that you’ll miss if you aren’t looking for it. And you might miss it even if you are looking for it. It’s located just off the road along Hwy 14, about 7 miles south of the intersection of I-25 and Hwy 14 near Santa Fe. It … Read more
See the first review in our Meow Wolf series here: Meow Wolf: I Just Don’t Get It I woke up the morning Trickster, ZymologistBob, and I were to take our pilgrimage to Santa Fe for Meow Wolf with high spirits. I do not use the world “pilgrimage” lightly; since its opening in 2015, the installation has … Read more
See the second review in our Meow Wolf series here: Meow Wolf: Choose Your Own Adventure I have a confession to make. Look away now if you don’t want to know my shame. Ready? Deep breath. Here I go. Oh man, this is so hard. Okay, here it is. I went to Meow Wolf and I … Read more
The High Road The High Road is a NM Scenic Byway that connects Santa Fe and Taos. A little over 50 miles of roadway winds along through the Sangre de Cristo mountains through small towns, land grants, pueblos, and villages. (The Low Road, by comparison, connects Santa Fe and Taos via the valleys along the Rio … Read more
On to Chimayo This is part 2 in an 8 (or so) part series about our weekend trip from Albuquerque up to Red River and back. Find part 1 here. We passed right on through Santa Fe with nary a foot stepped on the Plaza nor a breakfast burrito in our guts and headed north on Hwy 84 to state … Read more
A small stretch of road along old Route 66 / Hwy 333 near Tijeras, NM has been enabled with a musical ability. If you drive over a special rumble strip at exactly 45 miles per hour (no, not 40, not 50), you will be serenaded with a slightly asphalty rendition of the last few bars … Read more
Something to see in New Mexico: The Very Large Array (VLA) outside Socorro, NM. It consists of 27 movable ginormous radio antennas used for radio astronomy. MORE INFO: vla.nrao.edu Very Large Array – Near Magdalena, New Mexico
Pie Town is a tiny little community located about 20 miles west of Datil, New Mexico. The town was named after a baker in the 1920s that made pies. Pies so good, the town was named after it. So you can bet when I heard this town was holding its annual Pie Festival, I was … Read more
Tips for a Successful Family Outing to the Pie Festival The Pie Town Pie Festival has a website with a list of activities and times. While the sign up for the pie eating contests begin at 9 a.m., there’s no reason to get there right on time to sign up. You can sign up right … Read more
The Flying J Ranch 6 Flying J Road, 1028 State Hwy 48 | Alto, NM 88312 (575) 336-4330 A big reason for our trip to Ruidoso was to go see the Flying J Ranch (caution: this site auto-plays Western music). Zia had been there many times as a young girl growing up in New Mexico. Zia’s daughter … Read more