Next week we will be heading out on a two week trip to New Mexico, and I am going to make an effort to actually keep the blog vaguely up to date about the trip! We'll see if that comes to pass, but it's a nice theory.
Our main goal was to get away from Chicago's lovely winters while staying domestic (stupid Covid) and avoiding some of the more crowded options like Florida. We'll be flying in and out of Albuquerque and visiting Santa Fe, Las Cruces, and Carlsbad and their surrounding areas. While Santa Fe will be around freezing, the bulk of the trip should see highs in the 50s and 60s, which will seem downright tropical to us.
We're aiming for a good mix of cultural stuff, hiking, and nonsense. Culture will come in the form of the museum and galleries of Santa Fe. Hiking should be throughout with White Sands, the Organ Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, and the San Guadalupe Mountains all in the area. Nonsense will, of course, include a day trip to Roswell, but also a visit to the world's largest pistachio. Sadly, there will be no visit to Pie Town, New Mexico to eat at one of their several pie-themed cafes due to it being three hours out of the way.
