Attractions

El Malpais

May 19, 2013

Just read this on the website: All caves in El Malpais National Monument are closed to recreational use. This closure is due to a combination of factors including the outbreak of a fungal disease that is killing millions of bats. Oh no! And a good reminder to always check for alerts/changes before you head out [...]

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Clayton Area

May 18, 2013

So happy to report the Eklund Hotel is open again in Clayton! Looking forward to seeing it again. Also, correction in the Frontera del Llano section: Mills Canyon CG, in the Kiowa Grasslands, is west of Hwy 39, not east.

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Carlsbad: Caverns and Elsewhere

May 15, 2013

Man, if it’s not one thing, it’s another. The current edition mentions delays due to roadwork at the caverns. That’s done, but now they’re renovating the elevators, so there’s a huge backup there. See details at the caverns site here. In the meantime, to alleviate the crowding, you can walk out the Natural Entrance Trail, [...]

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Portales

May 7, 2013

Thanks to a nice woman I met on the plane, I can tell you that the Do Drop Inn, in Portales, has moved onto the plaza (211 S. Ave A), which is handy, because the old location was on a one-way street that I personally accidentally drove by a couple of times! Also, she said [...]

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Hours updates

April 18, 2013

A helpful reader just alerted me that the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe is no longer free on Friday evenings. Now it’s only on the first Friday of the month, to NM residents with ID. Also, the Sandia Peak Tramway in Albuquerque closes for maintenance periodically–so it’s inaccurate to say it runs “frequently all [...]

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Alamogordo changes

October 25, 2011

More reports from helpful reader Allen: ALAMOGORDO – SIGHTS The address for New Mexico Museum of Space History should be 5004 US Highway 2001. The given address of 1100 Oregon Avenue is the Family Recreation Center, which has nothing to do with the museum. Also, the new web site is http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/ The site given, http://www.spacefame.org [...]

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Truth or Consequences, Pie Town

October 25, 2011

A helpful reader sends news from the two New Mexico towns with the oddest names. In T or C, he reports that La Pinata restaurant has been replaced by Maria’s Mexican Restaurant. And…the Spaceport tours are running! Great news. More info here. In Pie Town, “the Daily Pie Cafe is now the Pie Town Cafe. [...]

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Questa changes

August 23, 2011

The Northern New Mexico museum in Questa is closed. Questa Cafe is closed.

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Dar al Islam

August 12, 2011

The directions to this retreat center in Abiquiu are not quite right. After a few miles on County Rd. 0155, you must turn right through a marked gate (always open), then continue another mile or so to a fork. Bear left to get to the Dar al Islam gate. Bear right to get to Plaza [...]

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Gallup dances

August 12, 2011

The dances have been moved from the cultural center by the tracks to the plaza in front of the county courthouse, and they run every night during the summer.

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