> Route is out of AZ into NM at Socorro, north on I25, through Albuquerque, skirt around > Santa Fe on NM 4 to Jemez Valley, on up to Bandelier Nat. Monument. > Continue on up to Taos, then out to Raton, Trindad CO and northeasterly through La > Junta, etc. > Looking for good campgrounds (public only, no KOA types), hot springs and other > interesting sites away from the cities. Jerry: Ojo Caliente hot springs N of Espanola (and Bandelier) is a great place to spend a day or part of a day. Bandelier has a nice NPS campground. I've heard good things (or read them) about Jemez hot springs, but have no direct knowledge. There are some campgrounds between Taos and Cimarron. Near Taos there are FS campgrounds and near Cimarron is a state park. There is an open hot springs on the banks of the Rio Grande N of Taos near Arroyo Seco. You turn off the highway, drive down to the river, cross it and then park at the first switchback on the W side. The hot spring is S along the river about 200+ yards. (Disclaimer: I haven't been there in several years.) NE of Raton, NM, is Sugar Bush state park with a campground. Richard A. Jones Boulder, Colorado '81 Vanagon Mr Bus '87 Syncro Westy El Jefe |
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