Travel

Sign Up Underway for 2015 8th Grade Spring Break Trip to Washington, D.C.

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Los Alamos Middle School students at the World War II Memorial in Alexandria, Va. Courtesy photo

EDUCATIONAL TRIP News:

Sign up is underway for the 2015 8th grade Washington, D.C. spring break trip. This is a private trip and not sponsored by Los Alamos Public Schools. 

Many thousands of Los Alamos Middle School students have participated and tremendously enjoyed this fabulous educational trip. Highlights of the trip include the White House, a Capitol tour, the International Spy Museum, the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Museums, the National Holocaust Museum, Arlington National Read More

Middle of Nowhere: The Galapagos

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A Blue-footed Booby basks in the sun on North Seymour Island. The Blue-footed Booby is a marine bird in the family Sulidae, which includes 10 species of long-winged seabirds. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
Kirsten Laskey of the Los Alamos Daily Post last week with a sea lion on Ferandina Island. Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

The archipelago defines middle of nowhere. Most of the islands’ only inhabitants are birds, iguanas and tortoises. Humans who did decide to venture to this neck of the world were a cast of characters: pirates, buccaneers and Read More

RTD’s Blue Buses Not in Service Memorial Day

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service Monday, May 26, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

Regularly scheduled bus service throughout north central New Mexico including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Counties will resume Tuesday, May 27.

The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses over 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos; the Read More

Sydney’s Corner: Foods of Greece

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Sidney Frazier cooks with local ingredients during her trip around the world. Photo by Jason Frazier

Introduction: Teralene Foxx. Photos by Jason Frazier

Over the past year, Sydney, our grandaughter, traveling the world with her parents has blogged about different foods: She was eight when they began their travels and turned nine in September. What amazes me is that she is willing to try all these different foods.
 
Sydney’s Corner: Foods of Greece
By SYDNEY FRAZIER

Have you ever wanted to know about Greek food? Let’s start with some facts about Greece.

Greece is located in Europe. Athens Read More

Solo Traveler: Train-Wreck Moments

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Arnulf Wirth, a resident of Ha’Omek’Ka who was originally from Germany, shows one of several composting bins for kitchen, farm and toilet waste. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Train-Wreck Moments
By SHERRY HARDAGE

My friend Margarita was a stewardess with Delta for 20 years and an avid global traveler before she settled down in retirement.

We share an interest in the affairs of the world and have enjoyed many hours talking about our travels. I told her how a recent experience at a sustainable farm in southern Mexico had dramatically altered my thinking about life.

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RTD Adds Buses to Accommodate Chimayo Pilgrams on Good Friday, April 18

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District is adding additional buses along its Española to Chimayo route to accommodate people making the annual pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday, April 18.

Two ADA accessible buses will run on a continuous loop 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., throughout the day (the first bus begins at 8 a.m. and the second at 8:30 a.m.) departing from the RTD stop on the north side of the Big Rock Phillips 66 Station in front of the Santa Claran Hotel. 

The route will traverse N.M. 76 with multiple stops in each direction along the way. The route concludes Read More

Solo Traveler: Mexico’s Native Music

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The gazebo in San Cristóbal de las Casas where marimba concerts take place almost every night. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Mexico’s Native Music
By SHERRY HARDAGE

The marimba was supposedly invented in Chiapas and the city of Chiapa de Corzo is the Marimba Capital of the World. It hosts a school for musicians and a workshop where traditional marimba construction is taught.

It is the music of Chiapas. Over the years there have been many compositions composed specifically for the instrument, though any lively piece of music can be played on it. The bars on this type of xylophone Read More

Los Alamos Commercial Airline Service Celebrates First Year Anniversary Today

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Airport Manager Peter Soderquist takes a moment this morning to celebrate the one year ‘birthday’ of commercial airline service between Los Alamos and Albuquerque with a special cake dropped off by County staff for Soderquist and customers to enjoy. Soderquist announced Friday that a new flight schedule will take effect May 12, changing some of the weekday and weekend flight times based on customer feedback. To review the new schedule, visit FlyLosAlamos.com. Courtesy/LAC
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Solo Traveler: Dangerous Walking

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A typical San Miguel de Allende street, complete with a hole. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Dangerous Walking
By SHERRY HARDAGE

One afternoon I walked down the andador in San Cristóbal de las Casas. It is a street that has been closed off to traffic and repaved with nice flagstones for pedestrians. It’s always full of tourists, buskers and indigenous women selling crafts.

A tall European woman turned to watch a street performer but continued walking forward. If I hadn’t stepped aside she would have walked right into me!

When I lived in San Miguel de Allende for a short time, I saw a Read More

Santa Fe Trail Association Hopes to Keep Rail Access Open

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The view from the Southwest Chief as it travels from Lamy to Las Vegas, N.M. Photo by Inez Ross
 

Ron Kemp entertains passengers on the Southwest Chief Amtrak Train. Photo by Inez Ross

By INEZ ROSS

Members and friends of the End of the Trail Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association took the two hour train ride from Lamy to Las Vegas, N.M. and enjoyed the joys of train travel as they lunched in the dining car, took in views from the observation car and got to meet travelers on their way to Chicago.

The group was also raising awareness of historic sites along Apache Canyon and Glorieta Mesa.

Part of the Read More