Originally Posted by manaboutown

I agree! It is enjoyable to visit various locales during harvest season. New Mexico, where I mostly grew up, is a tough place to grow almost anything because it rains little, has late Spring freezes and alkaline soil. Yet back in 1913 at NMSU Fabian Garcia developed a commercial chile that is renown worldwide as Hatch Chile. It is commercially grown in Dona Ana County, along the Rio Grande. How New Mexico Chile became Legendary - KRQE

While Hatch Chile is delicious and almost always used in making Chile Rellenos I prefer some other varieties in other dishes. I usually order red rather than green at a restaurant. Red or green? Your answer speaks volumes about you in New Mexico

Dixon apples grown in Northern New Mexico were great! In 2016 the land was traded back to the Cochitis for land in Santa Fe. Oh well... Some decent wines are now being produced from vineyards in NM. I discovered some grown from the original root stock brought by the Spaniards when they settled there. New Mexico Office of the State Historian | people

IMHO: Wherever you go, there you are so enjoy what an area has to offer.

We went to Albuquerque a few years back for the Balloon Fiesta and had a wonderful time. We went to a local winery and discovered Chenin Blanc which was not very popular in the NE.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by fw102807

We went to Albuquerque a few years back for the Balloon Fiesta and had a wonderful time. We went to a local winery and discovered Chenin Blanc which was not very popular in the NE.

The Balloon Fiesta is always a lot of fun! Glad you went!

The wine you drank may have been this one. D.H. Lescombes Chenin Blanc • St. Clair Winery

That family is a sixth generation of Algerian-Frenchwinemakers.

Another excellent NM winery operated by a French winemaking family is Gruet. Gruet

Originally Posted by manaboutown

The Balloon Fiesta is always a lot of fun! Glad you went!

The wine you drank may have been this one. D.H. Lescombes Chenin Blanc • St. Clair Winery

That family is a sixth generation of Algerian-Frenchwinemakers.

Another excellent NM winery operated by a French winemaking family is Gruet. Gruet

Yes it was the St Clair Winery and we enjoyed it very much.

Originally Posted by tomwed

The Sopranos and Jersey Shore did not help our easy going, live and let live kind of attitude towards life.

Exactly!

Some kinds of violence (on television) don't bother me just the sadistic kind like Criminal Minds.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by tomwed

good one----i think that's why they always seem to be angry

I've been out to eat in groups, where more than a few people in the group are afflicted with the syndrome...when the bill shows up.

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

I've been out to eat in groups, where more than a few people in the group are afflicted with the syndrome...when the bill shows up.

Two words...separate checks

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by fw102807

Exactly!

Some kinds of violence (on television) don't bother me just the sadistic kind like Criminal Minds.

I agree. I like the characters but it is just so sadistic. I was looking for the word. Over the top. Far worse than you wanted a murder mystery to be. Makes you want to sleep with the lights on.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by fw102807

We went to Albuquerque a few years back for the Balloon Fiesta and had a wonderful time. We went to a local winery and discovered Chenin Blanc which was not very popular in the NE.

ABQ. is an awesome place!


For golfers, it has some fantastic values that a lot of players from other locations...don't really know about.

Go to the other side of the 'Watermelon' mountains and play a round in the morning at PaaKo Ridge, have lunch in Old Town, then go eat dinner and admire the Native American Art (really, the only reason to go there )...at Sandia Casino & Resort.

And then you can do the same thing for more than a week, without repeating the same locations...of awesome courses/lunch places/dinner/casino resorts.

PAAKO RIDGE GOLF |

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[tomwed]

Where I come from when you eat on the porch there is always fly over food. You just shush it away.

[l2ridehd]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

I agree! It is enjoyable to visit various locales during harvest season. New Mexico, where I mostly grew up, is a tough place to grow almost anything because it rains little, has late Spring freezes and alkaline soil. Yet back in 1913 at NMSU Fabian Garcia developed a commercial chile that is renown worldwide as Hatch Chile. It is commercially grown in Dona Ana County, along the Rio Grande. How New Mexico Chile became Legendary - KRQE

While Hatch Chile is delicious and almost always used in making Chile Rellenos I prefer some other varieties in other dishes. I usually order red rather than green at a restaurant. Red or green? Your answer speaks volumes about you in New Mexico

Dixon apples grown in Northern New Mexico were great! In 2016 the land was traded back to the Cochitis for land in Santa Fe. Oh well... Some decent wines are now being produced from vineyards in NM. I discovered some grown from the original root stock brought by the Spaniards when they settled there. New Mexico Office of the State Historian | people

IMHO: Wherever you go, there you are so enjoy what an area has to offer.

In February of this year I went out and hiked to the bottom and back up the Grand Canyon. Hiked back out in a blizzard with two feet of snow. Also visited Albuquerque and Santa Fe and Durango while I was out there. Nice places and lots of interesting things to see and do.

Originally Posted by tomwed

Where I come from when you eat on the porch there is always fly over food. You just shush it away.

Ok laughed out loud...literally

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Where I come from when you eat on the porch there is always fly over food. You just shush it away.

and that is why my other half hates dining al fresco!

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

In February of this year I went out and hiked to the bottom and back up the Grand Canyon. Hiked back out in a blizzard with two feet of snow. Also visited Albuquerque and Santa Fe and Durango while I was out there. Nice places and lots of interesting things to see and do.

Back when I was an Explorer Scout we did it the hard way, went down the Bright Angel Trail from the South Rim (elev 6840') down to Phantom Ranch and up the Kaibab Trail to the North Rim (elev 8240'). It was summer and very hot down deep in the canyon. The worst part of it for me was having to get off the trail to let the tourists on mules get by. We had to get below the trail as the mules would not go by if we were above them. Also, back then those trails were pretty treacherous IMO, in places narrow and/or covered with loose and crumbly soil. They were not always level and in spots pitched strongly into the canyon. This was about 1956. Hopefully they have been vastly improved since then.

BTW I cannot even imagine hiking up one of those trails in a blizzard with two feet of snow! Glad you made it out fine.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

ABQ. is an awesome place!

The Santa Ana Pueblo also has a fine golf course just North of town toward Bernalillo.My New Mexico Golf

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

The Santa Ana Pueblo also has a fine golf course just North of town toward Bernalillo.My New Mexico Golf

Yep, played all 27 holes...many times.

And the view from the UNM Championship course, looking down on the city...is hard to beat.

Twin Warriors also has fantastic views and a great course, albeit a bit more expensive...given that it's connected to the Hyatt-Regency (as is the less expensive Santa Ana).

Then there's Sandia, which has great views and being on the slopes of the Sandia's (plus the altitude)...allows for some really long drives.

Even Isleta is nice.

Halfway to Santa Fe on I-25, and a bit off the beaten trail, is another awesome value course...Cochiti Golf Club.

But the all-time best value I've EVER played...is Arroyo Del Oso (one of 3 city courses). When I first started playing it 15 years ago, it was $18 to walk and the greens were as nice & fast...as ANY resort/private course.

And then when you get up to the Santa Fe area, which is only an hour from Abq., there are some nationally ranked courses also.

All in all, "The Land of Entrapment" ( the local name by some)...is a hidden jewel for golfers.