If you get the chance to drive NM 503 through Nambé on the High Road to Taos, you will be awestruck by the sublime beauty of the rolling piñon and juniper studded hills surrounding you. Also, you will have a wonderful vantage point from which to witness the upper Rio Grande valley nestled between the Sangre de Christo mountains to your east, and th...

On the way home from a great weekend up in Northern New Mexico, we drove through Coyote, near Abiquiu Lake. The gathering July monsoon clouds were perfect and the early afternoon air was crisp and clear. I found a good vantage point looking across some open plains rising up to the north side of "Pedernal", or as Georgia O'Keeffe called it – her "Fa...