HeyJaredNew Mexico Travel Guy
Making my way through all 582 towns in New Mexico, one hike, festival, ghost town, birding hotspot, and roadside oddity at a time.
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Deming, New Mexico: Duck Racing, Tortilla Tossing, and Rockhounding (opens the original)
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When I learned that Deming, New Mexico, hosts an annual event where you can race a duck, throw tortillas for distance, watch people race outhouses, and presumably do other things that seemed perfectly reasonable to someone in Deming, I knew it was something I needed to put on my calendar.So, on a very hot Saturday afternoon in August, I pulled into Deming for the Great American Duck Race. My plans for the afternoon were pretty simple. I wanted to race a duck and enter the tortilla toss. I had ab
White Oaks, New Mexico: The Annual Miner’s Day Festival and a visit to the No Scum Allowed Saloon. (opens the original)
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A few years ago, I read that there was going to be a Miner’s Day festival in a New Mexico "ghost town" I’d never heard of. I knew I had to put that on my calendar. So, on a warm August afternoon, I found myself in White Oaks, New Mexico, to explore the old mining town, spend a Friday night at the No Scum Allowed Saloon, and experience the White Oaks Miner’s Day for myself.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid su
Angel Fire, New Mexico: Skiing, Mountain Biking, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and Green Chile Pancakes (opens the original)
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I went to Angel Fire in the middle of July, which might seem like an odd time to visit one of New Mexico’s best-known ski towns.There wasn’t a snowflake in sight, but the chairlifts were still running. Instead of skis, people were loading mountain bikes onto the Chile Express for the ride to the 10,677-foot summit. Down at Monte Verde Lake, people were racing kayaks, paddleboards, and pedal boats, and there was even a short race that required competitors to run in ski boots. That evening, Nosotr
Lincoln, New Mexico: Old Lincoln Days and the Billy the Kid Pageant (opens the original)
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A few years ago, I was rolling down the highway on a sunny Friday afternoon toward the Hondo Valley of New Mexico. My destination? The historic town of Lincoln, New Mexico, home of the annual Billy the Kid Pageant and Old Lincoln Days.Never heard of it? Well, you’re not alone. I hadn’t either.Earlier that summer, I stumbled across the event while looking through the Ruidoso tourism website. A three-day celebration in one of New Mexico’s most historic Old West towns, complete with reenactments of
Cerrillos, New Mexico: A Tiny Town with Movie History, Turquoise, and Origami in the Garden (opens the original)
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Cerrillos is easy to miss if you’re driving the Turquoise Trail between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. It’s the kind of place you assume you’ll stop at some point, but somehow never do. I’ve driven past it more times than I can count.Just past Madrid, though, there’s something a lot harder to ignore. Large-scale origami sculptures rise up from the desert along Highway 14, marking the entrance to Origami in the Garden. It’s not what you expect to see out here, unless you regularly expect to find giant
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