Food

Final Wanderful Post

As I’d mentioned in posts past, I moved out of Brandy’s house on May 7th. I took the following week off from work through the 14th, only to immediately leave for the camping trip from my previous post. After being gone for the 3 day weekend, I immediately launched back in to work and haveContinue reading “Final Wanderful Post”

Camping: Redondo Campground, Santa Fe National Forest

May 21 – 23, 2021 Well, it’s official. Alan and I took our first camping trip over the weekend of . This was my first time ever tent camping and the first camping I’ve done at all in decades. It was a life changing experience.

Sandia Tram, Hike on 4 Seasons Trail, Lunch at Ten3

April 24, 2021 I’m able to cross another item off my To-Do List: Riding the Sandia Peak Tram.

Tinkertown and Burger Boy

April 18, 2021 While I didn’t get a hike in today, I still went back up to the area where I hiked yesterday to go back to one of the kitschiest museums you’d ever hope to visit: Tinkertown.

Why I Love New Mexico, Part One: The Cuisine

I’ve lived in California, Oregon, Florida and Nevada, and none of those states has a singular cuisine that is wholly its own. Today, in the first of a series of articles on why I love New Mexico, we’ll be exploring the cuisine that is identified as “New Mexican Cuisine.”

Santa Fe

March 27, 2021 Oops! I forgot to post a trip report from two weeks ago! Grrr…. While Brandy was out of town over the weekend of March 27-29, I decided to grab Jarrod and head north for a stop on the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail. It turned into so much more though.

Saturday Day Trip to Santa Fe

Well, we didn’t make it out to hike last Sunday. We got to the trailhead and it was just a little too crowded for Brandy’s taste. We decided to try the trail we had gone to the day before, but it was very crowded there too. We headed back down the mountain and wound upContinue reading “Saturday Day Trip to Santa Fe”

Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail Stop #2 – Blakes Lotaburger

I was reluctant to make a post dedicated to Blake’s Lotaburger on the New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail. Blake’s are everywhere here in town and I’ve had them a million times before, but the ‘Rona has kept us from making proper stops anywhere else, so I thought I’d go ahead and do this now.

Belen, NM

February 15, 2020 Belen, New Mexico, was settled in 1740 and incorporated as a city in 1918. Its proximity to the geographic center of New Mexico earned the city the nickname “Hub City” and Belen became a centralized transportation hub including access to rail, interstate highways and air travel. As a main stop on theContinue reading “Belen, NM”