Miles Croft

Some fall escapes start with a packed downtown. This one begins at the end of a mountain road.…

By Miles Croft · Oct 8

A small town can feel different long before anyone checks the population numbers. A favorite storefront goes dark.…

By Miles Croft · Oct 7

Some places are worth waking up early for, especially when the first stop of the day comes with…

By Miles Croft · Oct 7

Italian food has a way of making dinner feel like an occasion before the first forkful even lands.…

By Miles Croft · Oct 6

October gets more interesting once the sun drops and ordinary places start looking suspicious. A farm can turn…

By Miles Croft · Oct 6

A good road trip meal can change the whole day, and Española has plenty of chances to prove…

By Miles Croft · Oct 5

Cinnamon rolls have a way of making road-trip plans feel instantly better, especially when the bakery sits in…

By Miles Croft · Oct 5

The road into this park does not look especially dramatic at first. Then the mountains begin to rise,…

By Miles Croft · Oct 4

There is something dangerous about finding a breakfast so good that it changes the rest of the day’s…

By Miles Croft · Oct 4

The first bite of a good tamale usually settles one question and creates three more. Is the masa…

By Miles Croft · Oct 3

Santa Fe is the kind of city that can easily fill a whole trip, but the roads beyond…

By Miles Croft · Oct 3

Breakfast has a way of setting the mood for an entire road trip, especially when red chile hits…

By Miles Croft · Oct 2

Roswell may have aliens on nearly every corner, but hunger has a funny way of pulling your attention…

By Miles Croft · Oct 2

Truth or Consequences is not the kind of town you forget after seeing the sign, and the local…

By Miles Croft · Oct 1

Clear water, rising steam, and a road trip with a reward at the end. That is a pretty…

By Miles Croft · Oct 1

Picture a small pond shining like a coin in the middle of wide eastern plains. Tall cottonwoods lean…

By Miles Croft · Sep 30

The paper plate looks almost comically small once a slice lands on it. That is part of the…

By Miles Croft · Sep 30

Some museums are easy to breeze through. This is not one of them. Near the Santa Fe Plaza,…

By Miles Croft · Sep 29

A small mountain town can change the whole picture of retirement. Traffic fades and errands get shorter, while…

By Miles Croft · Sep 29

Centuries ago, families carved homes directly into pale volcanic cliffs in what is now northern New Mexico. Those…

By Miles Croft · Sep 28

Picture a flaky croissant resting next to a tiny cup of strong Italian coffee. Now imagine finding that…

By Miles Croft · Sep 28

Some of Alamogordo’s most interesting meals are hiding behind storefronts you could easily pass without a second look.…

By Miles Croft · Sep 27

A quick antique stop can get out of hand fast when the store has three full floors to…

By Miles Croft · Sep 27

A secondhand shop gets interesting the moment you stop hunting for one specific thing. Suddenly the old lamp…

By Miles Croft · Sep 26

Los Lunas is easy to pass on the way south of Albuquerque, but that can mean missing a…

By Miles Croft · Sep 26

You know a burger is serious when the hash browns are not sitting beside it. They are stacked…

By Miles Croft · Sep 25

Picture a shaggy cow with bangs so long she could use a hair clip, standing in a mountain…

By Miles Croft · Sep 25

Some thrift stores feel easy to scan in ten minutes. This one can make that plan disappear fast.…

By Miles Croft · Sep 24

Adults who claim they are only tagging along with the kids may change their minds quickly here. This…

By Miles Croft · Sep 24

A strip mall lunch can sound ordinary until pierogi enter the picture. In Albuquerque, one plain storefront opens…

By Miles Croft · Sep 23

A good barbecue stop has a way of announcing itself before the door even opens. Smoke hangs in…

By Miles Croft · Sep 23

Some restaurants do more than serve dinner. They stitch themselves into family history, becoming the place where grandparents,…

By Miles Croft · Sep 22

Some breakfast places are worth setting an alarm for, and this list is full of reasons to do…

By Miles Croft · Sep 22

A plain roadside building can be easy to dismiss, especially when the parking lot looks quiet and the…

By Miles Croft · Sep 21

A strange whistle rolls through the pines after dark, then another answers somewhere farther up the mountain. That…

By Miles Croft · Sep 21

Fall market season has a way of making an ordinary Saturday feel like a road trip waiting to…

By Miles Croft · Sep 20

Some restaurants need a long introduction. This tiny drive-in really just needs its neon dachshund. The animated sign…

By Miles Croft · Sep 20

A full parking lot outside a small grocery store usually means the locals know something. That is especially…

By Miles Croft · Sep 19

October road trips get a lot more tempting once festival season kicks in. Cool mornings make early starts…

By Miles Croft · Sep 19