Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives – #Potluck With Film Camera in hand, I Explore Quirky Las Vegas (New Mexico) by Marsi

Welcome to the series of Posts from Your Archives, where bloggers put their trust in me. In this series, I dive into a blogger’s archives and select four posts to share here to my audience. This is the third post from Marsi, who with her husband Robert, embarked on a four month journey west. I will be sharing posts from their trip in addition to other posts in their archives. In this post Marsi takes us to the other Las Vegas…in New Mexico.

Prologue

The past year and a half had been difficult for us. Within the span of this time, we lost my father to a lengthy, painful illness, two beloved geriatric dogs, and both of our office jobs came to an end for reasons beyond our control. We sold our house in Tennessee, put our belongings into storage, and headed west with everything we need for four months of traveling & camping stuffed into our Subaru Outback. Our journey is not just a long vacation, but a plan for healing.

With Film Camera in hand, I Explore Quirky Las Vegas (New Mexico) by Marsi

The “other” Las Vegas is a city that has probably escaped your attention. During a quick half-day stop here in 2016, the colorful personality of this historic New Mexico mountain town drew me in and keeps me coming back.

A quiet and unpretentious little sister to Santa Fe, it is one of my favorite places for shooting film photos, and also happens to be a popular filming location for movies and TV shows. While there are not a lot of flashy tourist attractions in this Las Vegas, the city will appeal to those whose interests include:

• A walkable historic downtown (900 buildings are on the National Historic Register!)
• A really good doughnut, , or even better a Pedro’s pastry or biscochito
• An affordably priced 3 star historic hotel
• A friendly local bookstore
• Teddy Rossevelt’s Rough Riders, Wild West outlaws, and railroad history
• Outdoor recreation opportunities in the surrounding Sangre de Christo Mountains

I will be posting more about Las Vegas in the future, but for now…On with the photo tour!

***As with all of my film photos, these images are presented as captured, unedited.*** All of the photos below were shot (by me) over two days on a solo New Mexico road trip in April 2017.

Wander over here for more New Mexico posts.

©Westwardwewander 2018

About Marsi

Hi there! I’m Marsi – Traveler, Designer & Home Renovator, Vintage dealer, Amateur film photographer, and Administrative Ninja.

After a year of researching and loosely planning an itinerary for an epic western U.S. road trip, my husband Robert and I sold our house in Tennessee and embarked on a grand adventure.

Our 2018 travels included thirteen national parks + several dozen state parks, national monuments, national forests, national historic areas, BLM sites, big cities, tiny towns, and everything in between. (You can check out our list of parks visited here. ) Instead of a making a set schedule, we had a very long list of destinations in mind, allowing ourselves the freedom to wander rather than have a fixed itinerary.

I created this blog to chronicle our 2018 western road trip. From time to time we’ll flash back to prior vacay and adventure spots we’ve enjoyed over the years, with some “what we’re doing now” posts thrown in too.

I also post some of my favorite film photos. If you would like to see more of my film photography, please check out my Instagram

Connect to Marsi

Website: https://westwardwewander.com/about/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestwardWeWander/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westward_we_wander/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ie/westwardwewander/

My thanks to Marsi for permitting me to share these wonderful travel posts with you…Thank you for joining us to day and your feedback is always welcome. I hope you will visit Marsi and Robert and explore their travels further.. thanks Sally.