New Mexico Hiking

On Hwy 185 between Radium Springs and Las Cruces, there is a neat short hike called simply the “Slot Canyon Hike.” This hike follows a very narrow slot canyon carved into the desert floor by eons of water flow. The hike is geologically fascinating and appropriate for any time of year. Not much sun gets… Read more: Slot Canyon Hike Near Radium Springs

Tucked in the Organs above Las Cruces, hides my favorite hike in the whole world – the historical and beautiful Dripping Springs! Dripping Springs offers an incredibly beautiful hike that takes you back to the Nineteenth Century. It also passes by the remains of Boyd’s Sanitorium, named one of the most haunted places in New… Read more: Dripping Springs and Boyd’s Sanitorium

With nothing better to do on an unseasonably warm February day, I decided, “I want to go explore Geronimo’s Cave.” So off I went. Geronimo’s Cave is in the Robledo Mountain Wilderness Area near Dona Ana. It’s the same area where the Prehistoric Trackways Monument is. There is so much history in these mountains, including… Read more: Geronimo’s Cave

With two other people I had never met before, we set out on the Dragonfly Loop Trail in Silver City on a cold, windy November day. A bottle of wine awaited us for when we made it back to the car. The trail was gentle, mostly flat. The views were sweeping. I took in the… Read more: The Dragonfly Loop Trail

My idea of a perfect Sunday afternoon…hiking the Pine Tree Trail in Aguirre Springs! Easter Sunday, most people were in church, but outdoors in New Mexico is my church. The wind ravaged the Tularosa Basin and I could barely see into the distance through the swirling dust. But I felt sheltered and safe, tucked into… Read more: The Pine Tree Trail