Uncovering Hidden Gems on New Mexico's Turquoise Trail – Texas Monthly
The scenic byway offers a lot more than just the way to Santa Fe. April 15, 2021 This article is part of On the Road Again: A Texan's guide to road trips in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Before my first trip to New Mexico, for a writing conference when I was 24, I mistakenly imagined the Southwest to be one large desert. After flying from Houston to Albuquerque and embarking on the two-hour-plus drive to Taos, I couldn’t really comprehend the scene unfolding before me as I left one pueblo and entered another, the spaces between gloriously free of Targets and PetSm...