and get right to the pie eatin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49472889)

-Albuquerque (Breaking Bad, Nat'l Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Old Town)

- Alamogordo (Museum of Space History)

- White Sands Nat'l Monument 

- Roswell (UFO Museum, Walker Aviation Museum)

- Carlsbad Cavern

- Billy The Kid Museum

- Santa Fe (Downtown)

- Bandalier 

- Los Alamos 

- Taos Ski

All generally one direction of travel ABQ-Roswell-Santa Fe-Taos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49472726)

e: Also it's hard to go wromg w Mexican food in ABQ but La Guelaguetza is 18000. Best meal I've ever had under $10. Whenever you see a photo of a short mexican guy shaking hands with the mayor, you know it's gonna be at least 175

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49472904)

It felt like a long drive from Santa Fe for what I saw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49472905)

Santa Fe has the shittiest most insufferable faggot boomers ive ever met in my life

the housing coding is kinda gay also

Taos is sick apparently

NM feels very evil and demonic ime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49472958)

southeastern new mexico might be the ugliest place on earth, not sure why you're bothering with it but whatever. white sands is 180 but that's quite a diversion from ABQ/santa fe, about 4 hours. if you're going to do it stop in hatch and get a burger at sparkys. also ruidoso is a lovely little mountain town not far from white sands. but i'd head back north after that, roswell and carlsbad are total shitholes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49472968)

gila cave dwellings, but you’ll see something similar in bandalier. the most interesting ones are off grid

vla will be too out of your way

abandoned nike silos, but someone would have to show you where they are

don’t buy hatttch chilis, the best are from lemitar

the bridge past taos that was featured in natural born killers is pretty impressive, my land is around there

epstein’s estate is accessible if you know the right people, it’s a little south east of santa fe if i recall correctly

there are several natural graveyards that you might be able to see a body decomposing, 180 if you’ve never seen something like that before

there are countless old mines but you’d die if you went into one. plenty of abandoned little towns with obscure history (eg last hanging in the state) that are cool to poke around in (carry a gun, though, just in case)

there’s a lot of kooky occult stuff up in the 4 corners area but that’s really dependent on their wiccan calendars and you’d need a guide to sneak you around to watch it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49473474)

Southern nm is highly underrated imo. It's a whole different universe and worth exploring. Bisbee AZ is also chill and Tucson is great. This is not NM but it's the same vibe.

I40 no. I10 yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474208)

sparky's, otoh, is totally worth the trip.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474367)

anyway you seem to know your stuff so respect hope he hears us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474560)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49477494)

also if you have daylight after alamogordo check out the three rivers petroglyphs down the highway. it's real quick, 180 views. it's not as monumental as the national park in abq but it's more accessible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49477520)

people who know their shit have sources for chimayo, escondida, velarde, chiltepin (the only native pepper in the us) or maybe alcalde (mostly for sauce)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49487053)

said it better than i could

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474751)

white sands is 180

taos is 180

i've always wanted to see shiprock

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474436)

Also I've never been to Taos Pueblo but it's supposedly the longest continually inhabited place in North America

Rio Grande gorge bridge is pretty cool

Arroyo Seco is a quirky little town outside of Taos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474442)

EDIT

Will stop at that bridge on the way from Santa Fe to Taos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474446)

I'm also having trouble understanding your itinerary; you know that roswell is nowhere near ABQ/SF, right? I assume you're flying into El Paso/Midland and are going to work your way up to ABQ then SF? The southeast part of the state is not what I'd choose to see as it largely resembles west texas, although carlsbad caverns and white sands are cool.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49474502)

I've come to prefer taos to all the major colorado resorts, and, in general, NM to CO, and I say that as someone who has fond childhood memories from CO. Colorado has the great outdoors, but every goddamn one of them is packed to the gills with white liberal yuppies. Taking a break from your boulder midlaw job to hike the flatirons at lunch sounds awesome, until you realize it's more like taking a multi-story escalator at the ATL airport.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49477734)

https://noscumsaloon.com/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49478094)

https://www.exploretock.com/mesa-provisions-albuquerque/

petroglyph national park is cool but you gotta walk a bit and it looks pretty cold.

rio grande nature center is a nice park area you can walk to the river, maybe see some sandhill cranes.

if you've really got the time, you could drive up to sandia peak or take a tram. it's a great lookout over the city and to the east.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49478760)

frontier is great in it's own way but it's very casual, i wouldn't blow a dinner on it. mesa provisions is top notch southwestern/new mexican, one of the best restaurants in town. you can drop by frontier anytime and get a breakfast plate or a posole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49478772)

Blake's Lotaburger is pretty 180 but depends on location if you want to avoid buzzing flies and fat beaners greasing it up after stuffing themselves with xmas tamales and other fixins

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49479800)

sparky's opens at 10:30. it's 2.5-3 hours, so get out by 8. but careful with that weather, it's a long desolate stretch of highway. there are several big ravines about halfway that will be dangerous as fuck if there's ice. but it's warmer down there, so probably nbd. after hatch you cut east just before las cruces to get to alamogordo/white sands.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49481174)

if you like to cruise around there's also a huge lava flow just north of white sands in carrizozo that's pretty wild. you could poke around there and then go to ruidoso the back way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49481219)

if you're a sweetsmo get a strawberry and red chile milkshake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49482698)

Will hit the road early tomorrow and be at Carlsbad Caverns at 9am, after pass back through Roswell for UFO museum then stop at Billy The Kid grave and museum to stretch legs before last leg to Santa Fe. Dining at the place you reco’d.

Sat AM will do an early spin through Bandelier and Los Alamos then explore town on foot before settling in to watch FOOTBALL. Plan to be on the road by 8/9 on Sunday so I can get up skiing in Taos by lunchtime Sunday. Woke up this AM in ABQ w my car HOSED DOWN w snow and people told me Taos got tons and it’s still dumping so should be 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49484543)

rowley ales. they make a lot of farmhouse stuff, slightly sour, but really good with really good elevated bar food. it's down the street from meow wolf which definitely should be on your list but it's not mentioned anywhere ITT, which is kind of shocking.

paper dosa is a great indian place which you would never expect there. it'll have a line out the door.

izanami is the restaurant for ten thousand waves. really really good izakaya and the whole place legit looks like japan. again, an unexpected treat in the land of chile.

two classic new mexican places in the plaza are cafe pasquals and coyote cafe. pasquals is more of a bunch place, coyote a fancier dinner spot.

another tip: the o'keefe museum in town is a fucking rip off, but the ghost ranch is really cool.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49485595)

Actual town of Taos is artsy fartsy but old school. We enjoyed visiting all the local artisan shops there. Great food everywhere we went...

Santa Fe is good but pretty touristy. Check out the historic Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Shit ton of art and jewelry around there. Georgia Okeefe's Museum was pretty cool. The Buffalo Thunder Resort on the way up to Taos was nice too if you like to gamble.

Bandalier Nat Park was interesting if you're into ancient Pueblo ruins. Pretty cool caves dwellings and rocks formations etc. If you're around there the Los Alomos museum is epic for nuclear bomb history...

And if ever do a future trip to NW New Mex check out Bisti Badlands/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. It's like stepping into some Star Wars nother world. My son and I hiked all around there tripping out on the crazy formations. Barely anyone around. Bring shrooms or some fun stuff for extra credit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49482550)

Overall, I hate Santa Fe. Aside from Loretto and the San Miguel chapel the entire city is just a fake strip mall designed to sell lib boomers luxury goods, shitty art and "Indian" products. TTT AF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49488929)

Cloudcloft/Ruidoso

White Sands and Carlsbad Caverns

Need to get to Shiprock

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804446&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49495637)