Fun Outings

Bandelier’s Summer Shuttle Service Begins May 14, 2025

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NPS News:

Bandelier National Monument is beginning its free summer shuttle service May 14, 2025 to Frijoles Canyon. The shuttle, provided by Atomic City Transit, boards at the Frey Trail Parking Lot in the park and starting at 10 a.m. runs every 10 minutes.

Unlike previous years, the shuttle is not mandatory unless the parking lots in the canyon are filled up. Also, there will be no shuttle service to the White Rock Visitor Center. Shuttle services will only operate between parking areas within Bandelier. Visitors are encouraged to stop by the White Rock Visitor Center for information on regional Read More

Correction: Saturday’s N.M. 4 Construction Family Day Open House Location Is Not In Totavi – It Is Tewa Market & Gas Station In White Rock

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Map depicting the new location of Saturday’s family day open house event at the Tewa Market & Gas Station at the corner of N.M. 4 and Rover Boulevard in White Rock. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The location for Saturday’s family day open house event hosted by the N.M. 4 pipeline project contractor is not the construction yard on N.M. 4 and is not in Totavi … it is the Tewa Market & Gas Station at the corner of N.M. 4 and Rover Boulevard in White Rock – see new map above.

The community is invited to learn what it takes to construct a 3.5-mile water transmission pipeline along N.M. 4. Wagner Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: April 15, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

This last week saw unseasonably warm temperatures with several cities throughout the state setting records for daily high temperatures, including Santa Fe and Albuquerque. It was a toasty 97 degrees in Roswell.

Streamflows around the state showed some dramatic increases due to melting snow.

However, streamflow in the Rio Grande is low. The streamflow at Cerro near the Colorado border was just 117 cubic-feet-per second. This indicates that they are already irrigating crops in Colorado’s San Luis Valley.

New Mexico’s snowpack remains Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: April 9, 2025

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Bridge News:

Here is an interesting hand from the April 9 game of the Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club.

Two of the newer players, Randy Baker and Alan Wadlinger, bid and made their first slam on this hand! And they were the only pair in the field to bid slam.

This is board #1. North is the dealer and no one is vulnerable.

North is the dealer and passes. East has a perfect hand  to open with 1NT. After South passes, West should bid 2♦, a transfer to hearts. Invariably, partner accepts the transfer and rebids 2♥. With likely 7 winning tricks opposite a 1NT opening, chances to make a slam are quite reasonable. Read More

Posts From The Road: Dantes View And Artists Drive At Death Valley National Park

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Artists Palette: Artists Palette is the star viewpoint on the nine mile Artists Drive area of Death Valley National Park. This view features some of the most colorful rock formations within the national park. The formations are a result of volcanic activity millions of years ago and the array of colors are caused by oxidation of the various minerals found in the rocks. A scale of the scene is seen by two groups of visitors who are located near the center of the photo who were getting a closer view of the rock formations and colors in the area from a ridge line of white rock. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

Free Events Added To ‘Cosmic Frontiers 2025: Planets’

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NMC News:

The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) is hosting Cosmic Frontiers 2025: Planets, May 3-4 at SALA Los Alamos Event Center. Cosmic Frontiers will bring together top planetary scientists and astronomers for groundbreaking discussions.

Three scientific sessions will feature the topics:

  • Our Solar System;
  • Exoplanets; and
  • Methodology to Study Planets.

In addition to the main scientific sessions at SALA, there will be a variety of free public events throughout the weekend to allow the community to get involved and explore the wonders of space.

“We’re excited to not only bring the main Cosmic Read More

SaxAtomix Spring Concert At Betty Ehart April 15

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The SaxAtomix includes Bryan Fearey, Wendy Keffeler, Adolfo Meana, Joyce Guzik and Paul Lewis. Courtesy/SaxAtomix

COMMUNITY News:

The SaxAtomix will be presenting a Spring lunch time concert starting at noon on Tax Day, Tuesday April 15 at the Betty Ehart Senior Activity Center.

The program will feature a mix of music, including Taxman; Money, Money; If I Were A Rich Man; April in Paris and more.

Admission is free. To reserve a noontime meal, contact the Senior Center at https://larso.org/meal-services or 505.662.8920 before 9 a.m. April 15.

The SaxAtomix are an amateur saxophone quintet Read More

Santa Fe Community Orchestra: ‘Spring Prism’ May 18

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The Santa Fe Community Orchestra. Courtesy/SFCO

SFCO News:

The Santa Fe Community Orchestra will perform the final concert of our 2024-2025 season at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, May 18, at the Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe. The orchestra will be led by conductor William Reese Waag in a program of Christopher Theofanidis and Jean Sibelius.

Concert Program

Spring Prism

Join us for an afternoon showcasing two powerful orchestral works that explore transcendent themes amid glorious waves of sound.

Christopher Theofanidis, Rainbow Body

Rainbow Body by Christopher Theofanidis is an orchestral reflection Read More