newmexicotravelguy

Mark Aspelin, The New Mexico Travel Guy (www.newmexicotravelguy.com), is a travel writer and author of two books who has enjoyed a wide variety of adventures in his travels to over 100 countries and all 50 U.S. States. His current project involves visiting EVERY town in his home state of New Mexico (there’s over 500 towns) and writing a story about each one. He’s on track to finish the project by his early-mid 100s. When not traveling, Mark lives as a recluse in the mountains outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sunset at the Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge in Maxwell, New Mexico

🐻🐫🍺Maxwell, New Mexico: Birds, Bears, Camels, and Cold Beer near the Santa Fe Trail

I recently found myself waking up on a Saturday morning at the ungodly hour of 4:30am to make a three hour drive northeast to the tiny town of Maxwell, New Mexico. If you’ve been on I-25 between Raton and Las Vegas (NM), then you probably whizzed by Maxwell without noticing. Unless you’re a birder or hunter. I fall in the first category, though not of the...