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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure

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    • Clint_DC
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      Loving the updates, glad y'all are settling in nicely and finding all of the local gems!

      ATX IH Hoarder

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      • MattM
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        Thanks Clint.  Next week we’ll be taking a trip to White Sands NP, Guadalupe Mnt NP and Carlsbad Caverns NP.  Lots of updates on the way.

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        • mclaincauseyM
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          I really love New Mexico. Thanks for sharing these, it helps to have some things to file away for future visits, @Matt

          I'm especially fond of the cuisine and cook it at home from time to time. Carne adobada, green chile, pinto beans, enchiladas, etc.

          Think it, be it.

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          • MattM
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            @mclaincausey be sure to let me know if you do make it into town.  That goes for any of you who might be able to grace the Duke City with a visit.

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            • ManticoreM
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              Great updates @Matt ! One of my closest friends lives in Laguna Pueblo which is about 90min or so from ABQ I believe. Keep meaning to go out for a visit - hopefully soon!

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              • MattM
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                There’s a pretty well regarded burger place out there we keep meaning to try.  C’mon out and we’ll get some burgers.

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                • MattM
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                  I swear there was a mountain here yesterday…

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                        • AppfaffA
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                          Looks awesome! Just needs some dune buggy’s !!

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                          • MattM
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                            @Appfaff I had precisely the same notion.  As you know those are big out here and we generally look down our noses at them due to how aggressively the erode the landscape, but my man chromosomes just want to haul ass.

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                            • MattM
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                              Super 8 in Alomogordo has some totally retro decor…

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                                How did that park get its name  🙂 ?

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • MattM
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                                  Yet another unsolvable mystery of the wild American frontier.

                                  Some fun facts:

                                  -The “sand” is gypsum. 
                                  -The animals that live here are the same as those just outside the park but these have all evolved to be white. 
                                  -People, on average, eat about 30 ponds of gypsum on a lifetime.
                                  -National Park sand gets all up in your underwear every bit as much as beach sand.

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                                  • MattM
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                                    New Mexico doesn’t have much need for tunnels but Lincoln National Forest has one of the few…

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                                      Mexican Canyon Railroad Trestle…

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                                        • mclaincauseyM
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                                          Man I love the desert. If y’all get up north, we really loved Taos, Cimarron Canyon, and the surrounding areas up there. We went during shoulder season so Taos was quietly beautiful and a great retreat and recharge. Had a northern NM blue corn adobada enchilada that inspires me to this day.

                                          Then, speaking of tunnels, we never got there yet but want to explore Valles Caldera and the Gilman Tunnels. Might be a fun loop for your family to take that route and loop through Santa Fe. Bet the kids (and adult kids) would enjoy the Meow Wolf museum. One is opening here in Denver soon and we can hardly wait!

                                          Think it, be it.

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                                            All that stuff is on our radar.  So much to take in here.  We’re going to see Japanese Breakfast at Meow Wolf without the kids.  We’ll take them there eventually.

                                            Here’s lunch.  Sturgill is killing it on the radio…

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