Durango, CO
Eat: Animas Chocolate Co.
Drink: 81301 Coffee, Taste Coffee
Do: Durango & Silverton Railroad
Chaco Canyon, NM
Do: Chaco Culture National Historical Park - a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture dating between 850 and 1250 CE
Abiquiu, NM
Stay: Abiquiu Inn
Eat: Café Abiquiu, La Cocina (Espanola)
Do: Georgia O’Keeffe Welcome Center and Abiquiu house tour, explore the Chama River Valley, and attend a workshop or take a hike at Ghost Ranch, find the spot on US Hwy 285 where Ansel Adams took his “Moonrise, Hernandez” photograph
Santa Fe, NM
Stay: Inn on the Alameda, a charming boutique hotel conveniently located a few blocks from the plaza
Eat: Sazón, 2022 James Beard Winner for Best Chef of the Southwest
Drink: Iconik Coffee
Do: Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Railyard District, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Georgia O’Keefe Museum, FS2 Supply Co. (for hip NM apparel)
High Road to Taos
Chimayo: Santuario de Chimayo
Trampas: San José de Gracia Church and Las Trampas Historic District
Ranchos de Taos: San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church
Taos, NM
Read: New Mexico is losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth
Great Sand Dunes, CO
Do: Great Sand Dunes National Park
Stay: Great Sand Dunes Lodge
Eat: Bring your own food (seriously!)
Zion, UT
Stay: Zion Lodge
Eat: Farmstead Bakery, St. George
Bryce Canyon, UT
Do: Bryce Canyon National Park
Stay: Bryce Canyon Lodge
Drive: Utah Route 12 Scenic Byway from Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef
Capitol Reef, UT
Do: Capitol Reef National Park
Stay: Capitol Reef Resort
Arches, UT
Stay: Anywhere in Moab
Canyonlands, UT
Stay: Anywhere in Moab
Mesa Verde, CO
Stay: Far View Lodge
Tucson, AZ
Do: Saguaro National Park, San Xavier del Bac Mission
Eat: Zio Peppe, Seis Kitchen, Barrio Bread
Drink: Presta Coffee Roasters, Exo Roast Co.
Petrified Forest, AZ
Do: Petrified Forest National Park
Eat: House, Show Low
Drink: Empty Pockets, Holbrook
Chinle, AZ
Do: Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Monument Valley, AZ
Do: Monument Valle Navajo Tribal Park
Stay: Monument Valley View Hotel
Flagstaff, AZ
Eat: MartAnn’s
Drink: Single Speed Coffee Roasters, Monte Vista Cocktail Lounge