Albuquerque/Santa Fe

i did it as a day trip from abq bc i didn't want to pay more than a 24-hr rental, it was a long day for sure but doable

santa fe would be easier though id think

easy day trip

great. i thought about renting the hobbit house earthship in taos for a night but it would be pretty $$ for just me.

had a great trip to NM:

day one - got into albuquerque, lunch at duran central pharmacy, quick tour of the plaza, drove out to sandia peak tramway but got impatient with the line and just ended up walking up the trail a bit instead, dinner at green jeans farmery
day two - breakfast at frontier, turquoise trail up to santa fe with stops at tinkertown, madrid, and cerrillos, detour up to tent rocks national monument, then into santa fe where i met up with gbx and other friends for dinner
day three - breakfast at tune-up cafe, meow wolf, kakawa chocolate house, and the railyard area, including SITE
day four - low road up to taos, taos plaza, art museum at fechin house, taos pueblo, then drove up to the rio grande gorge and the earthships
day five - bandelier national monument, then back into santa fe to hang out more
day six - back down to abq to fly home

lots of cool stuff but my favorite was just driving in the countryside and seeing amazing vistas and saying "oh wow" to myself in my rental car

well done! saying "oh wow" to yourself in your rental car is classic northern NM <3