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This year definitely has been challenging for most people, on a global scale. Small outdoor adventure businesses like ours have been impacted by lock downs and a decline in leisure and business travel. We are grateful that we were able to scale back, reduce costs, and resume some operations in June 2020. The past few […]

What we’re going through right now is unprecedented. For many small businesses, like ours, we have had to completely close down operations. While stressful in so many ways, we’re enjoying our downtime and looking forward to being able to offer our tours again, acknowledging that we will most likely have to make many changes in […]

Santa Fe, New Mexico offers locals and visitors an amazing array of hiking trails.  The Dale Ball Trails, located a short distance from Santa Fe in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is easy to access.  The mountain trails are slightly further but it is a pleasant drive up Hyde Park Road to […]

By S. Mally   We are fortunate to be living in New Mexico where you can find petroglyphs in several locations. We have been to the better-known sites such as Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, the Wells Petroglyph Preserve near Velarde, and the Three Rivers Petroglyph site north of Tularosa. Near Santa Fe, we have […]

Santa Fe is a place that stays with you. From the smooth adobe walls to the 300 days of sunny skies, “The City Different” is consistently ranked one of America’s best small cities. As the nation’s oldest capital city, Santa Fe has acted as a convergence point for Pueblo, Spanish, and Anglo people for centuries. What […]

On the days leading up to Good Friday, Interstate 285 North was sporting some new additions. Having never lived in New Mexico in the Spring, I had no explanation as to why hundreds of orange cones sprinkled the side of the highway. Nor did I have an explanation for the sign that read “Walkers Ahead,” […]

Growing up in a heavily populated suburb close to New York City, the most outdoor activity I was exposed to were trips to the crowded playground and sprinting across the potholed street to the bagel store. So when I up and moved to New Mexico this past summer, the sheer vastness of unpopulated land and […]

In “The Revenant,” which is now in theatres, Leonardo de Caprio portrays mountain man Hugh Glass who was a real trapper in the early 1800s in the Western United States. The movie is spectacular and has already been nominated for a variety of Oscars including Best Actor and Best Cinematography. But how much of it […]

Rock Art in New Mexico, or petroglyphs and pictographs, offer a glimpse into southwestern life dating back nearly 3,000 years. Petroglyphs, which are images cut into rock surfaces, can be found throughout the entire state, with large concentrations present at the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque and La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site near Santa Fe. Petroglyphs […]

Farmhouses, cottonwood trees, and endless blue skies accompany us as we make our way down the dirt road leading to Plaza Blanca. Plaza Blanca is a white limestone canyon made famous by artist Georgia O’Keeffe, who named the area the “White Place” in her paintings. Once out of the car, we make our descent down […]

Rio en Medio is a locally-loved, picturesque trail located in the Santa Fe National Forest. The entire trail runs along the river, requiring hikers to make multiple river crossings – a task made more adventurous with the high water levels resulting from this past monsoon season. For this reason, hiking poles are recommended to help […]

Growing up, I was always told to stop looking down when I hike. I can’t help it. My eyes naturally and automatically fixate on the ground in front of me so as to scan the safety of the area I’m treading on. This habit of mine was broken, however, when I visited Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks […]

I’m on a mission. To promote winter! Many of us, myself included, often dread the shorter winter days, frigid temperatures and snow-covered roads. Winter seems to be a time for hibernation, a season to burrow into our dens or warm homes, and await the coming of Spring. Winter in Santa Fe, however, is different. Of […]

Lavender – the word alone conjures up vibrant images of Provence, France, and delights the senses. Lavender has a multitude of uses – as an herb for culinary purposes, as an ingredient in bath and beauty products, as a stress reliever, or as a soothing scent in your closet or lingerie drawer. I have always […]

Bandelier, located approximately 43 miles from Santa Fe, is a popular destination for many visitors to northern New Mexico. Designated a National Monument in 1916, the park covers 33,750 acres and has 70 miles of hiking trails. The park is best known for the Ancestral Pueblo dwellings located a short distance from the Visitor Center. […]