Forget Covid and enjoy this Cow-vid. My Amazing Molly Mare shows me the ins and outs of cutting cows as I get my first lesson in sorting cattle from rancher, trainer, and rodeo director Will Lann in San Marcos, NM. I promise to be gentler on the reins next time, Molly, since you clearly have …
Join us for the first part of our adventure through eastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle. PS — if Youtube decides to come after us for copyright violation, please don’t let it be because we used a few seconds of a cheesy song by, of all people, Jimmy Dean the sausage king.
Highlights from our first camping trip in 2019! We spent two nights at Villanueva State Park on the Pecos River—only an hour from home—to see what needs attention on Culutiwa (our travel trailer) before making any longer trips. The weather was great, the scenery was beautiful, and we didn’t find any serious repair issues beyond …
See that gorgeous campsite in the photo above? The big one with a perfect view of the lake, full hookups, a long and level trailer pad, no immediate neighbors, and shade trees for privacy? Yeah, that’s our site. We reserved it months ago, after scouring online campsite reviews, Google Earth, and multiple RV apps to …
We’re in between travels right now, but fortunately there are plenty of places to ramble right here in northern New Mexico. Last weekend was sunny and warm, luring Mike out for a hike in a place we can see from our living room but had never visited: Galisteo Basin Preserve. A lot of other people …
There’s not a whole lot to see in Pie Town, NM (we actually missed our turn and sped right through it on Friday night), but there’s plenty to eat. By the time we doubled back and set up camp, however, everything was closed for the night so we had to wait and enjoy our pie—complete …
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It’s been a very mild winter here in Santa Fe. We’ve only had a couple days with any measurable snow, and the high temperatures have consistently been in the 50s or even 60s. The entire state of New Mexico is experiencing a serious drought, and the lack of precipitation or snowpack is going to be …