prasantrin Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Any recent recommendations for any of these? Amarillo will likely be for dinner on a Sunday and breakfast on a Monday, and perhaps some snacks (I have a couple of doughnut places on my list!). I'm not looking for fancy, but more tex-mex or texas-style barbeque. I wouldn't mind trying some chicken fried steak as my only experience with that dish was at Ponderosa Steakhouse in the mid-80s. Las Cruces will be Monday dinner, and maybe lunch, then breakfast/lunch/dinner Tues and Wed. Nellie's Cafe comes up on a lot of lists, but I've already read that it's gone downhill. Anyone been there recently? Or have other suggestions? Mexican or southwestern cuisine is preferable, plus snacks. But we're open to anything, really. In between Las Cruces and Santa Fe, we'll be stopping by Sparky's in Hatch, so we're covered there. But if there's anywhere else we should try for snacks for the road, I have no problem stopping by! Santa Fe - I'll be with Jaymes and we're meeting up with Verjuice, too, so I think I'll have plenty of suggestions to choose from, but if anyone has any others, I'd love to hear them! Taos - We'll only be there a couple of days and we know nothing. Suggestions are very welcome! I'd also welcome suggestions for stuff to buy other than chiles. Those are already on the list. Doesn't have to be restricted to food (turquoise is nice, too). Help? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rail Paul Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 That sounds like a wonderful trip. In the autumn, the air is perfumed with roasting chiles. Metal roasting drums over charcoal. In the summer, it can go from incredibly hot to chilly overnight. We spent hours in the Georgia O'Keefe galleries in the Santa Fe Museum, and more time afterward in the peddler's galleries on the sidewalk outside. Lots of local craft expertise. The Ghost Ranch is available for touring, tickets required. And the Cathedral which featured in Willa Cather's work. Santa Fe can get very crowded during Opera seasn. Taos is a wonderful place. The DH Lawrence ranch is there, the Pueblo offers guided tours of their home, with a different take on history. The Santuario in Chimayo is a very touching place. Known as the "Lourdes of America" it has been the place of healing for some visitors. (We drove north from Taos to Alamosa along the old road into the mountains. Very enjoyable trip. And then on to Denver.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 On this trip, we will unfortunately be missing the height of chile roasting and be arriving around the height of summer and the beginning of the opera season! My mother really wanted to go to the International Folk Art Market, so we'll be there in the middle of July. Our focus of the trip is actually a visit to Las Cruces - my parents were both grad students at NMSU when they met and were married, and we'll head up to Santa Fe once that part of the trip is done. Georgia O'Keeffe museum is definitely on the list! I wasn't aware of Ghost Ranch and now I feel it should go on my list, but I'm not sure if we'll have time to do anything but the list. I should have asked here earlier so I could plan better. I'd love to visit DH Lawrence's ranch, although I've never been fond of his novels. We'll just miss a possible tour since we're leaving on Wed. and the ranch is open Thurs/Fri. Maybe we can sneak in! Normally I'd have more ideas by now of what I wanted to do, but with my 2nd new position in six months, and my 3rd in 18, I just haven't had time to research. So I very much appreciate your input! Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rail Paul Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 You may be traveling from Las Cruces on the one day each year Trinity site is open to the public. That is the location of the first nuclear bomb test. It's between Las Cruces and Albuquerque. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I hear they grow wonderful mushrooms there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rail Paul Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 They glow in the dark, which makes picking them in the dark, stinky chambers easier Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joiei Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Franks Bakery on Western just a block north of I-40 is the best place for breakfast. It is a french bakery, with incredible food. Grab a baguette sandwich on your way out for dinner on the road. I try to make a point to be in Amarillo for either breakfast or lunch, they close at like 1:30pm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzanne F Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Nothing to add, really, because it's more than 40 years since I've been to Santa Fe, and that was an overnight from Aspen for the opera with a bunch of musicians, all sharing one motel room. (The guy with the broken leg got the bed; the rest of us slept on the floor.) But say Hi to Jaymes for me, please. She's great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 Three strikes for me! The Trinity site is open in the fall, so I'll miss that. Frank's is closed for summer holidays until July 10, so I'll miss that, too. Jaymes has had something come up, so I'll miss her, too! Only verjuice can save me now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzanne F Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 It's beautiful country, though. Certainly a change from the Frozen North. Have a great trip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 In spite of the long drives and the heat, I'm really looking forward to the trip. My parents were grad students at NMSU when they met and were married, and so I'm taking my mother so she can show me around Las Cruces. We're going to see where they were married, where they worked and lived, etc. I did a similar trip to Bangkok with my dad, and also around the Philippines with my mom. Plus we'll be hitting up the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, and maybe an opera (but probably not). And, of course, all the Georgia O'Keeffe stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzanne F Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Aw, the "Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern" exhibit will still in Brooklyn while you're there. But I expect there will still be a lot of her clothes in the museum there. That was, surprisingly, what I found most interesting here. Classic stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 If the heat gets oppressive, make run for Cloudcroft. I remember driving up from Los Cruces where it was 108 degrees, entering a tunnel and exiting into cool 75 degrees. In fact, I had asked our landlady about a swimming pool and she replied that better i ask about a fireplace, which we indeed used that night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Aw, the "Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern" exhibit will still in Brooklyn while you're there. But I expect there will still be a lot of her clothes in the museum there. That was, surprisingly, what I found most interesting here. Classic stuff. there should be enough of her paintings at the museum to make the $13 entry fee worthwhile. They don't mention anything about items being away, so I'm hoping for the best! If not, I shall complain! We'll be there during the 20th anniversary of the museum on the 20th, though are supposed to leave for Taos that day. We might go to the museum that morning and leave for Taos immediately after. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Don't get lost in the rain in Juarez when it's Eastertime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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