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the storied history it contains. Roch’s NM Jeep Tours are a great way to see Spanish homesteads, ancient Pueblo ruins, extinct volcanoes, valleys, mesas, petroglyph etchings, forested mountains and more. Roch is also now offering guided hikes as a natural extension of his guided jeep tours. NM Jeep Tours runs about 20 tours a week. Anyone is welcome. The cost is $35 per person, per hour, which generally runs $112 per person for a half-day tour. Visit his website at www.nmjeeptours.com for more detailed information or to schedule a jeep or hiking tour. what's new? Off-Roading with New Mexico Jeep Tours Roch Hart has been in the business of scouting remote dirt roads since last summer when he opened the only certified jeep-touring business in the State of New Mexico, NM Jeep Tours. A family member convinced him to try his luck at off-road touring as a second career. He recalls saying no to the advice initially because he thought “you just can’t have that much fun. Life doesn’t work that way.” Apparently for Roch and anyone lucky enough to catch a ride in one of his carefully detailed Jeep Wranglers, “Pretty” and “Precious,” it is possible to have that much fun. In less than 30 minutes of driving time, visitors to Albuquerque can find themselves off-the-beaten-path with Roch on one of eight adventurous tours. A late afternoon jeep tour into the Ojito Wilderness can lead to a gypsum rock formation, pueblo ruins, a twentieth18 Triassic Hall, The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science If someone asked you whether you are first evolving, persisting, or becoming extinct, what would you say? Dawn of the Dinosaurs: New Mexico’s Triassic exhibit, which opens its doors in May 2008, has an evolutionary foundation that places species into three categories at any point in the earth’s history: first evolving species (originating), persistent species and extinct species. The Triassic Exhibit Hall at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is the only exhibit of its kind in North America. “Most museums,” explains Tim Aydelott, Public Relations Manager, “group all of the periods together, but it is essential to separate the Triassic as it marks a time period that witnessed the emergence of both dinosaurs and mammals as well as the extinction of many dominant reptiles and amphibians.” Visitors to this exhibit will have the opportunity to encounter New Mexico’s official state fossil, one of the early dinosaurs, Coelophysis, a formidable predator, giant amphibians at the end of their reign, plus interactive replicas of phytosaur attacking Placerias. Additional exhibit components will include text panels, animation and a live African Lung Fish, one example of a persisting species that has been around for more than 200 million years despite large-scale environmental changes. Visit www.nmnaturalhistory.org to learn more. ©Tom Brahl century homestead or even a long-haired posse of wild horses. Roch explains that he sees the horses once every five times that he ventures out to this area. The gypsum, which is used to make sheetrock, rises from the land like a thumb; it is chalky in substance, falling away at the touch. The homestead, which Roch believes was last inhabited in the 1930s, has an air of abandonment to it, but it is easy to sense ©Tom Brahl www.itsatrip.org http://www.nmjeeptours.com http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org http://www.itsatrip.org

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Albuquerque Official Visitors Guide - Spring 2008 Contents Welcome to Albuquerque Visitor & Relocation Information Maps Cultural Conversations Pueblo Culture Arts What's New? Family Outings Calendar of Events Ballooning High Desert Golfing Birding in Albuquerque Outdoor Enthusiasm Albuquerque's Original Flavors Shopping Destinations Resource Directory of Marketing Partners Lodging Directory Virtual Ad Index

Albuquerque Official Visitors Guide - Spring 2008

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