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Tinkertown Museum – A New Mexico Folk Art Masterpiece

by Peggy Staver
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The mature trees surrounding Tinkertown Museum do a good job hiding it from the traffic on NM Hwy 536. You don’t see the buildings at …

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Categories Free things to do, New Mexico, RV Travel Tags folk art, new mexico

Hiking in the Foothills – Embudito and Michael Emery Trails

by Peggy Staver
michael-emery-trail-mew-mexico

We take the dogs on an adventure to the Embudito and Michael Emery Trails – part of the Albuquerque Open Space trail system.

Categories New Mexico, Free things to do, Hiking, RV Travel Tags hiking, nature conservation, new mexico, Pets

Finding Hidden Pictures at Petroglyphs National Monument

by Peggy Staver
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The Petroglyphs National Monument is one of the most recommended places to visit in the Albuquerque area. Their stories on those rocks.

Categories Free things to do, Nature, New Mexico Tags national monument, new mexico, petroglyph, photography

Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites

by Peggy Staver
Feature Photo Coronado Historic Site Visitor Center

When the site was discovered in the 1930’s, historic preservation was about reconstruction and pageants. The square painted kiva was built during that time to provide visitors with the experience of climbing down into a kiva similar to one that had stood there 700 years ago.

Categories Free things to do, Nature, New Mexico, RV Travel Tags new mexico, photography, rio grande, travel

Roswell, New Mexico – Aliens, Art and More

by Peggy Staver
walkway Oxbow Feature

Roswell is best known for the possible landing of an alien spacecraft in the 1940s. During our visit to this famous New Mexico town, we discovered there was more in the area than little green men.

Categories Free things to do, Nature, New Mexico, RV Travel Tags new mexico, roswell
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