Travel

Fly Los Alamos Adds Flights Around Thanksgiving Holiday To Meet Demand

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New Mexico Airlines. Courtesy photo

COUNTY News:

Expecting increased demand for flights before and after the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, the Los Alamos Airport announced today that two additional flights have been added to the New Mexico Airlines flight schedule for the time frame of Monday, Nov. 24 through Monday, Dec. 1 (no extra flights on Thanksgiving day Nov. 27).

Flight 101 will depart Albuquerque at 11:22 a.m. and Flight 102 will depart Los Alamos at noon during these seven days, making it easier than ever for passengers to connect between flights at the Sunport and the local airport. Read More

Los Alamos Rotarian Tony Chan Shares Travels On The Silk Road

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At the Los Alamos Rotary Club’s Tuesday meeting at the Manhattan Project Restaurant, Rotarian Tony Chan gave a presentation about his family’s trip on the Silk Road, which included exploring Kashigar, Urumqui and Turfan . The photo shown here was taken at a livestock market. Chan also showed photos of treks across frozen lakes and switchbacks climbing up steep mountains. The photos showed everything shrouded in snow and mist, ‘Doesn’t look very friendly, does it,’ Chan told the crowd. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

In addition to the wintery scenes Tony
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Send Care Packages To College Students And Support Educational Travel For Los Alamos Teens

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Courtesy/eftours.com

COMMUNITY News:

To raise funds for their summer tour, Los Alamos students participating in the Europe 2015 travel are putting together personalized packages filled with gifts for happy college students.

Parents of college students may send their college student a College Care Package from Los Alamos and support educational travel for these 2015 high school seniors.

For $30, Europe 2015 travelers will fill a College Care Package with treats such as homemade cookies, crackers, candy, hot chocolate and tea; school supplies including sticky notes, pens and pencils; Read More

LA Mountaineer Michael Altherr Describes Preparations For Club Trip To Grand Teton

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On top of the world in the Grand Tetons. Courtesy/LA Mountaineers
 
Teton Peak. Courtesy/LA Mountaineers
 
By JOHN GUSAFSON
LA Mountaineers

The public is invited to the Los Alamos Mountaineers’ October meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Fuller Lodge to hear a first-hand account of the club’s first organized trek to the Grand Teton in Wyoming in more than a decade.

Speaker Michael Altherr will describe the trip preparations and results. The meeting offers, in addition to the featured talk, offers refreshments and casual conversation, as well as updates on upcoming Read More

Solo Traveler: Permanent Changes

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Natzil with his pet chicken, mother and grandmother were Los Alamos Daily Post columnist Sherry Hardage’s neighbors in Ortahisar, Turkey. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Permanent Changes
By SHERRY HARDAGE

Anyone who has traveled to other countries, or the Deep South, knows how travel changes your perspective.

Visiting any culture different from our own is interesting and challenging. It’s impossible to come away with our preconceived ideas intact. I grew up in the South. I was taught prejudice and many of my relatives are still strongly opinionated about people who Read More

Solo Traveler: When Travel Teaches

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Card commemorating St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Courtesy/Sherrry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: When Travel Teaches
By SHERRY HARDAGE

Home again after a three-month trip to Europe, I missed the daily activity of exploring a new location, taking pictures of interesting stuff and then writing about it. Still, it was great to reconnect with old friends for chats about my travels.

A friend, Anna, asked if I’d learned anything over such a long trip. What a question! Of course I had learned about various artists, history, and culture, but what had struck me most strongly was that standing in a place Read More

Park And Ride Information Now On Google Maps

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) Park and Ride regional bus service transit information is now available on Google Maps.

This provides riders with easy access to directions, schedules, bus stops, bus routes, and other information that will help them enjoy a seamless trip. The Trip Planning feature of Google Maps is an easy to use component.  Riders type in an origin, destination and select the Transit icon, which allows them to pick the trip that works best for them.

Trip planning can be done from the NMDOT Park and Ride website www.nmparkandride.com Read More

Leaf Peepers Will Fall For Enchanted Circle

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Fall foliage near Taos. Courtesy/newmexico.org

TAOS News:

TAOS — Known for its vibrant culture and rich history, Taos  and the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway have earned their positions among leaf peepers and national media alike as being one of the top locations in the United States to see an impressive fall landscape dotted with a palette of warm reds, oranges and gold foliage.

In the past month alone, Taos and the Enchanted Circle have topped several “best fall trip” lists in the country including in: Huffington Post (“10 Best Fall Foliage Trips In The U.S.”), National Geographic Read More

Change to Atomic City Transit Route 12

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Courtesy photo

COUNTY News:

Effective Monday, Sept. 22, Atomic City Transit will implement changes to the current Route 12 (Bandelier Shuttle).

This route will no longer travel down Grand Canyon Drive to Rover Boulevard through residential areas and back to the Visitor Center on N.M. 4 in White Rock. The new route will include a stop at N.M. 4 and Sherwood and then turn south at Bonnie View with one stop on this street and turn east on Longview with two stops on Longview and then connect back to Rover and N.M. 4 to end at the White Rock Visitor Center.

This route change is designed to help enhance visitors’ Read More

Solo Traveler: Held Up In Mexico

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Travelers dance around their combi during the ‘hold-up’ for Benito Juarez’ birthday. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Held up in Mexico
By SHERRY HARDAGE

In 2012, I decided to rehydrate my desiccated high school Spanish with a six-month swim in a Mexican lake. San Cristóbal de las Casas, in Chiapas, was the perfect choice as there were few English speakers living there to distract me.

I found a teacher and some other Americans whose language skills were similar to mine. We met twice a week for a couple of hours at my casita. Once in a while we would walk to the market or a nearby Read More