In the mood for a spring hike, Terry and I headed up to the Taos Ski Valley, NM today.  We love to hike in the mountains there and also wanted to see if we could observe the progress being made on the installation of a brand new chair lift that will ferry skiers up to
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Last August I wrote a piece about a hike we took on a trail just a few miles down Highway 68 from our home in northern New Mexico. It was entitled “A Walk in the Sage” and discussed the Rift Trail system that is south of our home. Little did I know, that trail system,
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Several weeks after tackling a snow covered trail to Williams Lake in Taos Ski Valley for the first time, we decided to revisit the area to determine if we could make some progress beyond Williams Lake toward Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico. We set out on a beautiful sunny Saturday, with temperatures
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RVers looking for a place to go in early spring should think about northern New Mexico. There is much going on and, if you are enjoying the amenities of the Taos Ski Valley, you may camp or park your RV in the large upper parking lot of the resort. In fact, the day we took
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