r/NewMexico

Check out this voting game on geography memes subreddit. I can't believe New Mexico is doing so well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/geographymemes/s/hVsl5cly2z

More: MapMaster on the site above is asking us to vote on a new name for our expanded state if we want. All you clever people head on over!

Hi everyone! I grew up in Los Alamos and I haven’t been back to NM in over 20 years. My husband and I have decided to take a trip in the fall and go to the state fair which I’m hoping is as fun as I remember. I have fond memories of several restaurants and I was wondering if they’re still any good. I loved Gabriel’s and Garduños for special occasions. I still dream about Blake’s and Chili Works. I remember the Frontier being pretty good too. Do restaurants still give you free sopapillas with your meal? I plan on eating as many as I possibly can. Am I clinging to my idyllic childhood memories of NM in the 90s? If I am, what would you recommend instead? Thanks in advance!

Wonder if there is a lack of transportation to Ojo Caliente and other tourist attractions in the area, which is hurting developing the tourist industry?

Hi, all! Making my first trip to NM in a couple weeks for a work trip. I’ll be flying into Amarillo a couple days early for the weekend. Planning on visiting Roswell and Carlsbad. What are some other gems I should check out in the area? Very interesting in hiking/camping recommendations in particular.

edit: so many comments and only one person actually answered. do you vote every 4 years, every 2 years, or every year? saying "every election" is not an answer, especially if you don't know about the odd year elections.

I'm just a curious burqueño. In my own current bubble, I know a lot of folks that vote every year. Until I was in my late-30s, I didn't pay much attention to the fact that voting happens every year and i only voted every 4 years until my late 20s when i learned about the midterms, and a few years later, learning about the local elections. I know the information was always our there and there were probably adverts and all that, but with a combo of my not paying attention to mailers and posters and not having a television or computer to get bombarded with adverts, i really failed. I've been voting every year for almost a decade now and the folks i know were a bit mind-blown how i made it so long in life without realizing that there was voting to do every year. So I'm curious, did you know?

Do you vote every year for local, federal, and presidential elections?

Every 2 years for federal and presidential elections?

Every 4 years for presidential elections?

EDIT:

Please keep the food suggestions coming! No way will we be able to try them all but I LOVE hearing from you guys what restaurants we should or shouldn't try and I like traveling with a big, open list.

Thank you so much to the good people of New Mexico. You really delivered in making suggestions to make this a great trip.

I've made a couple of changes to our itinerary. It should be noted my nephew gets bored walking around exploring cities, so I don't have a ton of that in this trip.

Background: Husband I are giant D&D nerds (42/40).  We’ve wanted to go to New Mexico for ages to see some of the natural scenery.  We are taking my nephew (18M) on a short New Mexico trip as a graduation gift because he wants to see meow wolf.  My nephew is also a nerd, but his things are Godzilla, Anime, and Video games.  Here is our planned itinerary. I want it to be scalable in case someone gets tired but I’m trying to fill it with lots of little weird experiences and enough downtime to not feel crammed. Is there anything I’m missing here?

 

Day 1

Fly into Albuquerque in the early evening.  (530ish)

Sandia Peak Tramway for Sunset/Dusk (we have a reservation between 5 and 8. if we miss sunset and have to do a night tram, we'll live)

66 diner for dinner

Dinner wherever (weighing options)

Stay wherever

Staying at the Wyndham

 

Day 2

Drive the Turquoise trail to Santa Fe

Drive out to Bandelier National Monument

Dinner wherever pending time.

Evening/Sunset 10000 waves

(we have a 7pm reservation for Ichiban. Which will be nice because my husband and I can have one pool while my nephew has another. This was the only evening reservation I could find. if we leave Bandelier at 4pm, we should have no problem making it).

Stay at Hotel Glorieta (it’s cheap enough to justify 2 rooms and the views seem nice)

 

Day 3

Kakawa Chocolate house

Meow Wolf

Afternoon/Evening to chill at the hotel/Explore the city

Wherever for dinner (love the suggestions)

Stay at Hotel Glorieta

 

Day 4

Valles Caldera

Drive home by Jemez mountain trail national byway

Dinner at Dion’s pizza in Alburque (open to suggestions).

Stay at the Drury Inn and Suites

 

 Day 5

Fly home.

I was looking at a house and a mule deer approached on the other side of the fence. It stayed for a long time and we held eye contact a couple of times.

I'm trying to figure out if it was saying "Hey mister , give me a twinkie!" or "You should buy this house"