New Mexico Adventures

Hi y'all, I've wanted to go to Quemado Lake for awhile, as it's the nearest lake that isn't on the Rio Grande (and therefore super popular). We wanted to go back in May, but something had come up. So, we packed up our fishing gear and camp stuff and managed to arrive around 5 pm on Friday, July 27th, 2018. We followed US-60 out to Quemado, with a nice drive through the Datil, Crosby, and Sawtooth mountains around Datil. We experienced some drizzle in Quemado on our way in, but it went away not far down NM-32. NM-32 had recently experienced some roadwork and didn't have center stripes when we traveled down it. Turning left onto NM-103, you're on pavement until just before Quemado lake. There, the road turns into graded but well maintained gravel. I didn't anticipate and didn't experience any issues in our sedan, but we did hear some trucks pulling RVs pumping and sliding. There are quite a few camping options at Quemado Lake. The first two that ...

Hi y'all! This is going to act as a general overview post. Why did I make this blog? Mostly to keep my thoughts and observations organized. I used to own a jeep, but the rising gas prices (and let's be honest, maintenance costs) have forced me to sell the jeep and become the owner of a late 2000s Corolla. It turns out, less roads are open to exploration when you own a sedan. I'm discovering that resources are somewhat sparse, not only in information on access roads but for basically everything about the less popular areas of New Mexico. Specifically, I want to examine public lands campgrounds and hiking spots and sometimes they are pretty hard to learn anything about outside of that they exist. There are places I want to visit that require 4WD, and for those I'll rent a car and report back. There's a really thorough book out there called New Mexico Campgrounds: A Statewide Guide.  Unfortunately, this was written in 2004 and between annual monsoon rains and wil...