Home of the Stars
If you find yourself traveling along Interstate 40 near Gallup, New Mexico and in need of a place to lay your head, you could do… Read More »Home of the Stars
June 2021
Soda Water
The area along NM Highway 4 south of Los Alamos has a number of hot spring spas. Perhaps it’s because the Valle Grande volcanic area… Read More »Soda Water
A Matter of Scale
The Earth will kill you. This green field beckons. People seem to have a hardwired affinity for green. This particular patch is deceptively huge. There… Read More »A Matter of Scale
Visiting Dr. Atomic
Prior to the Second World War, there was nothing much to Los Alamos except for a private boarding school for rich Eastern boys and a… Read More »Visiting Dr. Atomic
Taos
Taos has a reputation far beyond its size. You have to endure a long drive through strip malls that your screaming brain thinks will never… Read More »Taos
Cool Junque
Do you have the Roadside America app for your phone? You should if you like finding quirky stuff as you travel. That’s where I found… Read More »Cool Junque
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We are not given to returning to the same places to do the same things as a way to relive the past. But when we… Read More »259
Painted Desert – Part 1
Here’s what I don’t get: the Painted Desert covers thousands of acres, but doesn’t merit national park status on its own.
Get Your Kicks… in the Badlands
You know why they’re called the Badlands, don’t you? It’s because the area is … bad … land. Having the afternoon temperature pushing 110 degrees… Read More »Get Your Kicks… in the Badlands