Cerrillos Hills State Park
The quickest way to acclimatize after we landed in New Mexico? Drive the historic Turquoise Trail and hike Cerrillos Hills State Park.
I’m fortunate to spend time in luminescent New Mexico almost every year. These are the posts I’ve written about the Land of Enchantment.
The quickest way to acclimatize after we landed in New Mexico? Drive the historic Turquoise Trail and hike Cerrillos Hills State Park.
The Volcano Road gate was closed due to ice. If we couldn’t go to the crater rim, what did Capulin Volcano offer? Plenty.
We had just enough time to spend a few hours exploring Carlsbad Caverns National Park before driving north to catch our plane out of Albuquerque. Bats, anyone?
Tuberculosis, a murdered hermit, and an enjoyable loop hike make for a memorable morning at Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.
The Chihuahuan Desert is home to petroglyphs, lava flows, and one very famous bear, all of which enlivened the drive from north central to south central New Mexico.