Albuquerque and Santa Fe?
We would like to visit both. Better to stay in one area, then move to other area? I saw a cg on Turquoise Trail that said only 15 miles to Albuquerque and wondered if we could base camp here to both p...
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rocmoc wrote:
We like the Cochiti Lake Campgrounds located nearly halfway between Abq & SF.
We've stayed here a few times as well and always felt safe. There are electric/water sites and a couple of dump stations. You are a bit closer to Santa Fe than Abq but but in my opinion, Santa Fe is a nicer town to visit anyway.
Make sure and try some New Mexican style green chile dishes for some fantastic flavor and spice.
About 1 1/2 hours drive north from the Cochiti Lake campground is the Bandelier National Monument (https://www.nps.gov/band/index.htm) where you can walk up, and is some cases, into the dwellings, cliff dwellings. It is not a full day of exploring the area but is worth seeing it if you've never seen dwellings like this.
