Shae and I stayed 5 nights at the TownePlace Suites Gallup, NM last month. Normally I'd write a review of our stay like I always do (I've reviewed 134 hotels at the time of publishing this), but this one will be different to normal. The reason why is because we received such … [Read more...] about Beware Awful Management: Review Of TownePlace Suites Gallup, NM
New Mexico
Visiting The Ice Cave & Bandera Volcano In Grants, NM
One of the reasons Shae and I love New Mexico so much is because it has so many interesting and unique things to see and do. Ancestral Puebloan ruins including a great house with 600+ rooms? Check. Hiking to the site of a plane crash where you can still see the wreckage … [Read more...] about Visiting The Ice Cave & Bandera Volcano In Grants, NM
Challenge Accepted At Yellow Car Country Wines In Cortez, CO
The alternate title to this post? That time I tried 43 different wine varieties to write my name on a patio. Yes. It is I, Shae Pepper, master of fruit wines, grape wines and meads of all kinds! We went to Mesa Verde National Park while we were in Farmington, NM. It didn't … [Read more...] about Challenge Accepted At Yellow Car Country Wines In Cortez, CO
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness In New Mexico: Like Another Planet
Have you ever visited somewhere that made you feel like you weren't on planet Earth? Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area in New Mexico is like that. We'd wanted to visit Bisti (pronounced Bis-tie rather than Bis-tee) earlier this year when we spent a few weeks in Bloomfield, NM. … [Read more...] about Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness In New Mexico: Like Another Planet
10 Days In Farmington, NM – Here’s What We Did
After spending a few days in Santa Fe, NM so that we could visit Meow Wolf, Shae, Truffles and I moved over to Farmington, NM for 10 days. Our main reason for visiting there was less about spending time in Farmington itself and more so that we could see other places within an … [Read more...] about 10 Days In Farmington, NM – Here’s What We Did
Hotel Review: TownePlace Suites Farmington, NM
After leaving Colorado, Shae, Truffles and I headed down to Santa Fe, NM as we managed to get tickets for Meow Wolf, then we headed to the northwest corner of New Mexico to stay in Farmington. We picked Farmington for a couple of reasons. It was close to a few places we wanted … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: TownePlace Suites Farmington, NM
Meow Wolf: Get Lost in the House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, NM
We missed getting tickets for Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico when they re-opened after a closure for the COVID-19 pandemic before heading to Colorado. We therefore made sure we secured tickets a few weeks before coming back to New Mexico for the International Balloon Fiesta in … [Read more...] about Meow Wolf: Get Lost in the House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, NM
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New Mexico
Shae and I spent February, March and the first week of April 2021 in New Mexico. We'd spent a few weeks in Albuquerque, NM at the start of the pandemic last year, but didn't get to see much due to everything being shut down. I'd been looking forward to returning because we had … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New Mexico
Visiting Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument In New Mexico
On our final day in New Mexico, Shae, Truffles and I headed up to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. It was a bit of a trek from where we were staying in Deming, NM as it was a 2 hour drive. The fastest route had us going via City of Rocks State Park, but another option … [Read more...] about Visiting Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument In New Mexico
Wine Tasting At D.H. Lescombes Winery (Formerly St Clair Winery) In Deming, NM
There wasn't a huge amount of stuff to do in Deming itself during our 10 days there, although the city did serve as a good home base for everything else we did in the area. One claim to fame that Deming does have is that it's home to New Mexico's largest winery. Once known as … [Read more...] about Wine Tasting At D.H. Lescombes Winery (Formerly St Clair Winery) In Deming, NM