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Outdoor AdventureNew Wave Rafting
$50+A longtime Rio Grande outfitter running guided whitewater rafting trips from mellow floats to Class IV-V whitewater near Taos.
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Ghost Ranch
Ghost Ranch is an outdoor activity in Abiquiu, NM, part of the Taos and the San Luis Valley guide. Cost: under $25.
280 Private Drive 1708 · Abiquiu, NM
Why you should go…
Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre retreat and education center of rock walls and vivid color about 65 miles northwest of Santa Fe. Georgia O'Keeffe kept a summer home here and painted the landscape, with Cerro Pedernal often appearing in her work. A day pass covers the hiking trails, a labyrinth, and two museums, one of them showing Triassic fossils from three nearby quarries. The Kitchen Mesa Trail leads to the quarry where hundreds of Coelophysis dinosaur skeletons were found.
- #hiking
- #georgia o'keeffe
- #red rock scenery
- #fossil museum
- #retreat center
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