Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico’
Our Top 5 National Parks
In light of the current craziness and the fact that so many of us are spending time at home, we have decided that we could all use a virtual getaway, so we’ve created some various Top 5 lists of places that we have visited. Whether you use our suggestions as ideas for future trips or…
Read MoreHail to the Southwest Chief: All Aboard for Los Angeles
As lovers of road travel on a quest for all things Americana, it should be no surprise that we are also big fans of trains. Of course, we wish that train travel today was as glamorous and plush as it once was but are excited that it is still possible to travel across the U.S.…
Read MoreFive Enchanted Days in New Mexico
Last February, we set off on a five-day road trip through the Land of Enchantment. While the highlights of our trip were the alien-crazed town of Roswell and the lunar-like magnificence of White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, we found many other historical, quirky, and kitschy roadside attractions. One of the reasons that we love…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown
In 2018, we took a trip through New Mexico (our second favorite state!) to visit White Sands National Monument and Roswell. Having spent so much time traveling by car and without a kitchen, we’ve found a way to prepare food and eat healthily while in motel rooms (more on this to come in a later…
Read MoreEnchanted Travels: Route 66 in New Mexico
With a long and storied history covering more than a millennium, there is no shortage of beautiful historical sites, ruins, and places to explore in the Land of Enchantment. Despite being much more recent historically, there is just as much 20th Century Americana waiting to be discovered. Our love for Route 66 began in Tucumcari…
Read MoreGet Your Sniffs: Finley’s Travels on Route 66
For more than a decade, we’d dreamed of getting our kicks on Route 66. With a month set aside to follow our dreams and travel the route last fall, we couldn’t imagine taking the trip without our dog, Finley. Over the last two years, Finley has traveled more than 20,000 miles through 36 states with us,…
Read MoreTin Sheets on 66 Pics: McLean, TX to Holbrook, AZ
As you head west through the Texas Panhandle and into New Mexico and Arizona, the land opens up and the views make you feel like you’ve stepped into an Old Western. A stretch of Route 66 that we’ve driven in the past, it a section of perhaps our favorite part of the Mother Road and…
Read MoreA Taste of New Mexico
We love New Mexico and always look forward to spending time in the Land of Enchantment. In late March, we were honored to have been invited to present at the New Mexico Wine & Grape Growers Association annual conference in Las Cruces. As a region of the state that we had never visited, we were excited to have…
Read MoreI Found My Kicks (on Route 66)
It’s the Summer of 1992 and with my newly acquired driver’s license in hand, I’m cruising the backroads of McHenry County, Illinois just before dusk- windows of my Honda Civic rolled down, humid scents of a Midwestern summer in the air, and wind whipping my hair in my face with the tunes of the catchy early ’90s hit, “Life is a Highway” blaring from the tape deck.…
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