Two weekends ago was supposed to be about watching balloons flying among red rocks, but the weather decided to change that. The 24th Red Rock Rally in Gallup was scheduled to occur at the same time slot it has held each year since the event kicked off- during the first weekend in December. By...
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This weekend I needed to get out for a bit, and earlier in the week, someone in the Facebook “American Southwest” group gave me my excuse. Curiously enough, they had posted an image of a page from an old NM travel guide (1969’s “101 Trips in the Land of Enchantment ” by Betty Woods)...
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Early Sunday afternoon, I had some time, so I set out towards a sunny west, originally planning to visit El Morro and see Juan de Oñate’s cursive on Inscription Rock. After a few long glances at the landscapes off of I-40 around Mesita, I called an audible and thought I’d stick around in this...
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It had been bad for a while, but I guess in the mid-1770’s it got really bad. From 1772 to 1776, a drought seized Nuevo Mexico, and thin food and water resources became even more scarce in the desolate territory. For those Spaniard colonists who took a chance and settled north of the Sonora...
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