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Posting about the art, beauty, culture, history, nature, and quirks of New Mexico 🌐 newmexiconomad.com
On the other hand, posting about travel on social media in 2026 seems like an exercise in futility, particularly while sporting a spam label. 😑
January 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Idea for 2026 New Mexico travel messaging...

There are lots of free/cheap things to see & do, in pretty/peaceful environments, often with no cell phone signal, power lines, or humans.

International travel is toast + domestic travel declines dramatically if we are broke & society is a hot mess.
January 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Dripping Springs Trail is an easy to moderate, 3-mile loop trail near Las Cruces, New Mexico. It leads to the ruins of a 19th-century resort and sanatorium. Another trail leads to Hermit's cave, a rock shelter occupied by the Italian hermit Giovanni Maria Agostini in the 1860s.

#hiking #NewMexico
January 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Central Avenue in Albuquerque, aka #Route66

#travel #roadtrip #NewMexico #Albuquerque
January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
High Road to Taos, between Nambe and Chimayo.

#travel #NewMexico #roadtrip #daytrip #scenic #weekendgetaway #mountains #nature
January 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, aka the VLA, is a tool designed to study astronomical objects. The complex consists of 27 radio telescopes, placed in a Y-shaped configuration. They move the dishes into 4 standard arrangements on a 3-month rotation to vary level of detail and sensitivity.
December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Dripping Springs Natural Area is a popular hiking destination, with over 4-miles of easy to moderate hiking trails. Dripping Springs Trail is approximately 3-miles long (roundtrip). The trail's name is based on a natural spring at the back of the canyon, aka the “Weeping Wall.”

#hiking #NewMexico
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The bells of the Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla: The first, small copper bell was cast in 1876. Two larger bells were cast in 1886. The final, and largest, was cast in 1887. The church assigned “godparents” to care for them, an honor passed through generations of the same family.
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Wandering around downtown Gallup, New Mexico, aka "getting my kicks on Route 66"😀😅

#VisitGallup #Gallup #NewMexico #travel #roadtrip #weekendgetaway #Route66 #Route66Roadtrip #history #vacation
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
They are peaceful and serene compared to bright, flashy Christmas lights. I love farolitos. 🥰
December 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Christmas Eve. 😊
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Merry Christmas (Eve).

Christmas lights/Farolitos = lunch bags, candles, sand 😁
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
In terms of work around solutions, I can repost content about New Mexico (without comment) and it shows up without a spam label. The spam label is applied to all direct posts or comments on anyone else's posts or reposts. Limiting

All of the social media platforms have issues these days...so many.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good morning!

Another appeal sent re. the spam filter. No response so far.

Ever since they labeled this account as spam, the Discover feed became very populated w/ furry kink. Correlation isn't causation, but...

I have access to other Bluesky accounts. Checked the Discover feed. No random kink. 🤨
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Fort Stanton is an intact 19th-century military fort established in 1855. The fort served as a frontier post during the Apache Wars, the Civil War, evolving into a tuberculosis hospital & WWII internment camp. Adjacent to Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area.

#NewMexico #travel
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is America's highest, longest & most authentic steam railroad, a National Historic Landmark offering stunning journeys through the Rocky Mountains on narrow-gauge tracks between Chama, NM and Antonito, CO. Seasonally from late May - October.

#NewMexico #travel
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Chimayó is an important Catholic pilgrimage site, often cited as the “Lourdes of North America.” The chapel attracts 300,000+ visitors a year; however, the largest pilgrimage is on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, with up to 30,000 people participating from around the world.

#history #NewMexico
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Bullard Street is the historic heart of downtown Silver City, serving as its main thoroughfare. It is a fun area to walk around, with an eclectic mix of shops, galleries, studios, historic architecture (like the Silver City Museum), and proximity to Big Ditch Park.

#NewMexico #travel #roadtrip
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Angel Peak Badlands, near Bloomfield, New Mexico. It is a stark and stunning landscape of colorful, eroded rock formations and canyons surrounding 7,000-foot Angel Peak.

#travel #hiking #daytrip #roadtrip #NewMexico #nature #OptOutside
December 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is a photo of the women of Stephen's College in Columbia, Missouri, over a century ago. Every face is crystal clear.
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Holiday season in Old Town Albuquerque. 🎅

#Christmas #NewMexico #Albuquerque #holidayseason #Yule #daytrip #travel
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Madrid was founded as a coal mining town, sitting on a 30-mile bed of anthracite coal. After the mines closed, it became a ghost town, until artists brought it back in the 70s and 80s. Located on the scenic Turquoise Trail between Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

#NewMexico #roadtrip #scenicroute #travel
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fun stocking stuffers at Duran's, too. 😊
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Valles Caldera is a 13.7-mile wide caldera, the third largest “supervolcano” in the U.S. The last time the Valles Caldera erupted it emitted 150 cubic miles of lava, propelling ash as far as Iowa. That was 1.2 million years ago.

#geology #nature #NewMexico #travel #daytrip #Jemez #hiking
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happiness on a plate. 😋
December 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM