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Wife wants to go visit NM....What should we know prior to going? All thoughts appreciated..

All thoughts?

Most of the state is a chit show.

What part of the state and when?

I like tacos.


Anybody know how to make them?

Take a left at Albuquerque.

That's all folks.

Time of year and your interests?

Food, try / enjoy the New Mexico green "hatch" chili's
They are slightly spicy and very tasty.

See the Gila area, it's a unique eco system with lots of elk.

Avoid the city slums, New Mexico has some crime problems.
Breaking Bad isn't just a fictional TV show.

If you are interested in the South West (American) Indian culture, there is no better place than New Mexico.

I was in Raton once. NRA Whittington Center - based on that, I'd go there again. Nice scenery.

Pot or kettle?

White Sands, Gila Cliff Dwellings, Bosque Del Apache are a few of the places you could visit.

Things you should know: towing a camper a long ways is a bad idea. Women like motel sex. Eating at restaurants is fun. Recipe for tacos is take $20, give to taco truck, eat tacos. Otherwise Idk. I don't know anything about new Mexico. Have fun.

Adobe Deli that is in the boonies by Deming is worth the trip. Try the Rib eye.

There used to be a stretch of highway north of Cuba you didn't want to mess around on.

Kent

Best like green or red chili pepper on most everything. I do.

ALB, I have heard, has lots of crime. I would pick you up from the airport, but I misplaced my vehicle.

Santa Fe, to many libs.

Gallup, if the world needed an enema the tube would be inserted at Gurley street.

Las Cruces, see first sentence. Also at the other end of the most boring straightest section of road in the world, see below

Deming, at the other end of the most boring straightest road in the world, see above

T or C, go swimming in Elephant Butte, just be ready to wring sand out of your shorts. Have hot springs but most it is pay by the hour.

Hatch, see first sentence.

Las Alamos, to many gmen

Roswell, besides aliens (the ones from way out there) not much else, OH wait it is south of Billy the Kids supposed grave site on I40

Grants, I think I found my vehicle there

Farmington, not a single thing comes to mind

Silver City, I use a gun smith there

Lordsburg, it sits between Silver and Deming

Edgewood, Jason Andersons hometown

Pie Town, piñon and red chili pie, who came up with that combination?

Quemado, campfire get together, have a uncle in the cemetery, RIP. Has a 1200 yard (at least) range.

Palomas, across the border from a popular dentist and the pink store

Great place to visit!

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is October 7-15th 2023.

New Mexico State Fair is September 7-15th 2023.

Or you can go to the Inn of the Mountain Gods at the Mescalaro Apache Reservation and go skiing later this year.

Andele’s Dog House in Cruces is pretty damn good.

No one wants to see Billy the Kid?

I grew up there and just spent 6 weeks hiking south to north through it.

It’s a stunningly gorgeous place; not all of it, but most of it. That said it’s got some real issues. It’s way to complex to go into here, and this isn’t the right place anyway to try to converse about anything serious. PM me if you want. But the short of it is, it’s a deeply complex, old, place, culturally. It hasn’t gone well for some of these cultures. Yes to the notion that Cuba and north of there is not a place to screw around acting, I dunno, entitled. On the other hand I had the best chile rellenos of my whole trip in Cuba.

Northern NM is often what you’d expect of Colorado, which makes sense as it’s the southern Rockies. The exception being the Farmington area. I’d say just avoid that.

Southern NM is a mixed bag. There’s some very genuine hardcore desert; I know, I just hiked it. If you are adventurous and physically able I’d say check out the Gila. Use Doc Campbells as a jump-off point and head up the Middle Fork canyon. I’ll put a pic below. Beyond stunning.

If you are car-touring exclusively the Gila is worth breezing through but you’ll just be on the edge of it and it’s way out of the way unless you are headed towards the Chiracawa’s in SE Arizona or something (also awesome). I’d focus on northern NM if I was car touring.

I know a lot about NM and will gladly give up some secrets in private conversation. Have a great trip. Oh- red or green, correct answer is green. And someone said Hatch chile can be mildly spicy. That’s true, but it can also be ferociously spicy! But nobody is gonna spring a surprise on you that way. If you are there in the fall, there will be folks roasting chiles in barrels at the roadside and the smell is divine.

Gallup on a Saturday night.