Sledding in Santa Fe

Nothing says “It’s time for the holidays!” like a piping-hot mug of hot chocolate. Sure, we are all familiar with the trusty dusty packet of powder you add to hot water, but there are so many hot chocolate recipes that put this method to shame. Get creative this season and try these unique, delicious, and traditional hot cocoa recipes.

I don’t remember exactly when Truchas Peak first got its hooks in me, just that it was early in my life. On frequent trips to Taos, I remember begging my father from the backseat to take the highroad home to Santa Fe, especially in winter, so I could stare at the peak bathing in the pink last rays of daylight. I also remember learning that trucha meant trout in Spanish, and, being a trout geek, I thought it the coolest … Read More

New Mexico is a land of wide open spaces and we’re lucky many of them have been preserved in national parks, national monuments and national preserves. Below is a list of the federally preserved lands in New Mexico (not including BLM lands) and what you can expect to find at all of them. New Mexico National Monuments: Aztec Ruins National Monument Aztec, NM Pueblo people describe this site as part of their ancestral migrations. Today you can follow their age-old … Read More