by Jarred Conley on March 31, 2010
Fishing in Northern New Mexico?
Planning on fishing this weekend, don’t be surprised if you see a New Mexico Game Warden checking for a valid fishing license this Easter weekend. March 31, 2010 has finally passed and April 1, 2010 is about to arrive. Another year has set upon the New Mexico Game and Fish Department and that means you’ll need to purchase a valid fishing license for the 2010 fishing season. Capulin Creek, Chama River, Pecos River, Rio De Los Pinos, Sargent Wildlife Management Area and Willow Creek are just a few of the better Northern New Mexico rivers to fish, while Abiquiu, El Vado, Fenton, Heron and Santa Cruz are the more popular Northern New Mexico Lakes to fish. For your convenience the Department of Game and Fish posts a weekly fishing and stocking report of all bodies of water within the state. This can be very helpful if you’re unfamiliar with the area or just want to know where the fishing hot spots are.
http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/recreation/fishing/index.htm
Helpful Hints:
- Remember kids older than 12 years old do need a valid fishing license ($5)
- Anybody older than 18 needs to purchase a Habitat Management Access Validation Stamp ($4)
- Fishing on any BLM or U.S Forest Service land requires a Habitat Improvement Stamp ($5)
- Using two rods also require a second rod validation stamp ($4)
- If you’re into fishing and hunting, go ahead and purchase a small game and fishing license or a general hunting and fishing license right away. It’ll save you time and money.
- Small Game ($20), Fishing ($25), Small Game and Fishing ($33)
- General Hunting ($43), General Hunting and Fishing ($62)
Hunting in Northern New Mexico?
Remember Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 is the deadline to apply for antelope, big horn sheep, Barbary sheep, elk, deer, ibex, and javelina hunts. That gives you exactly a week to apply for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish hunts. Click here to apply.
by Jarred Conley on March 31, 2010
Click here to Visit Abiquiu Studio Tour.org
The Abiquiu Studio Tour for 2010 will be October 9th, 10th & 11th from 10:00am to 5:oopm each day. This will be the 17th annual Abiquiu Studio Tour with work from over 60 local artists.
Turn the Abiquiu Studio Tour into a vacation. There are MANY things to see and do in the area. Feel like hiking or dipping your feet in the Rio Chama by the Christ in the Desert Monastary? Visit Abiquiu Recreation or Abiquiu Points of Interest for more information on fun things to do while you are here.
Have questions about where to stay? Where to eat? Don’t fret! Read more about local businesses and what they offer up!
The weather is generally mild and fall is in full swing with the cottonwoods glowing. See you on the tour!
Abiquiu is the kind of place you can fall instantly in love with, so when that moment happens visit Abiquiu Homes for Sale or Abiquiu Land for Sale and make it your BACKYARD!
by Jarred Conley on March 29, 2010
Lakes and Reservoirs on the Rio Chama
Fishing, swimming, rafting, sailing, water skiing, canoeing, and kayaking are available on three easily accessible lakes up river from Abiquiu. Abiquiu Reservoir Dam, creating Abiquiu Lake was constructed in 1963 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and now covers about 2,000 acres of former Ghost Ranch land. This is the second of three dams, creating Heron & El Vado Lakes, constructed on the Chama River watershed between 1935 and 1972. Swimming, camping, hiking, fishing and picnicking are offered at Canjilón Lakes located near the 10,000 foot Cerro Canjilón.
Chama River Wilderness
The Wild and Scenic Chama River runs through the 50,300-acre Chama River Canyon Wilderness where you can enjoy the rush of a whitewater raft trip. The walls of the Chama Canyon are a striking variety of colors from yellows to maroons marking the distinct layers of sedimentary rock. With the elevation differences, the vegetation varies from Pinon and juniper to ponderosa and fir with lots of Gambel oak, chamisa and cactus. Above the high sandstone bluffs and prominent rock formations that line the river canyon, the trail system is in need of maintenance.
Echo Amphitheater
The sandstone walls of this National Forest Service site provide a remarkable resonance. The ‘theater’, naturally hollowed out by ages of erosion creating concave cliffs of buff and crimson, create lasting echoes.
Plaza Blanca
Given its unusual and spiritual landscape it’s no wonder that Plaza Blanca, is painted and photographed by countless artists every year including Georgia O’Keeffe. The canyon wall faces of gray to whitish sedimentary rock formations have been sculpted by wind and moisture in whimsical figurines.
Pedernal Peak
Cerro Pedernal (Flint Peak), one of the most recognized landmarks in north-central New Mexico, is located in the northern Jemez Mountains, was depicted in numerous paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe. Cerro Pedernal lies in the transition zone between the Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande rift. The andesite and basalt flows capping Cerro Pedernal, which give the mountain its distinctive flat top, erupted from the northern Jemez volcanic field about 8 million years ago. http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/landmarks/cerro_pedernal/home.html
The Poshouinge Ruins
Remnants of an old pueblo above the Chama River Valley include a large pueblo with over 700 ground-floor rooms surrounding 2 large plazas with a large kiva in the larger plaza.
On Location – Movie Filming
The stunning landscape has attracted numerous movie makers to set all or a portion of their films in Abiquiu from Indiana Jones to City Slickers.
by Jarred Conley on March 29, 2010
by Jarred Conley on March 29, 2010
Las Parras de Abiquiu
Bode’s General Store
During the Spanish colonial era the then called “Grant Brothers” on the Old Spanish Trail served as a stagecoach stop, a jail, a post office, and a store. Martin Bode secured the property in 1919. Today Bode’s is a community gathering place offering Gas, groceries, baked goods, coffee, beer, wine, liquor, fishing licenses, housewares, gear and delicious deli fare. www.Bodes.com
Los Trujillo Store
On Highway 84 this quaint country convenience store, open seven days a week, sells gas & groceries. 505-685-4666
The Abiquiu Inn and Café Abiquiu
Located on Highway 84, the Inn, with Classic New Mexican style architecture, offers lodging, a restaurant with free internet service, gift shop & gallery and Casitas with fireplaces & views.
505-685-4378, 800-447-5621 www.AbiquiuInn.com
Las Parras de Abiquiu
This charming Bed &Breakfast with separate casita of two spacious bedrooms provides all the luxuries – fireplaces, king-size beds & hot tub. 505-685-4200 or 800-817-5955 www.LasParras.com
Casita de Chuparosa Bed & Breakfast style vacation home. Located at 11 Duane Dr. off of County Rd #142. On-site hiking & riding with 360 Hilltop & Sunset Views. www.CasitadeChuparosa.com
Mamacita’s Pizza
Corner of Highways 84 & 554 (El Rito Road), N.Y. style pizza, hot subs, huge angus burgers, fresh salads. Call for hours 505-685-4111.
Los Caminos Bar & Package Liquors.
Corner of Highway 84 & 554. 505-685-4635
Blue Spruce Bar
Highway 84, Friendly atmosphere, full bar with package store for beer & wine. 505-685-4640
by Jarred Conley on March 29, 2010
The original village, abandoned in the 1500’s, was the Tewa Indian Pueblo at La Puente about 3 miles SE of the current village. These people are thought to have moved from Mesa Verde in southern Colorado. The first Spanish settlers came in the 1740’s and called the community Santa Rosa de Lina de Abiquiu for their patron saint. After devastating Indian raids the people living in Abiquiu petitioned to move elsewhere. The genizaros (Hispaniciazed Indians) founded the current village in 1747 and named the new village Santo Thomas de Abiquiu. In 1754, the Abiquiu Land Grant of 16,000 acres was given jointly to the genizaros and Spaniards. It is one of the last Spanish-American community grants still functioning and owned by residents of Abiquiu. The descendants of these early settlers are proud of their heritage and continue to practice their traditions, such as the Penitente rites. On a humorous note, there are rumors of witches who give out love potions that keep husbands home at night. In the early 1800’s Abiquiu became the trailhead for the Old Spanish Trail linking Santa Fe and Los Angeles and was the third largest settlement in New Mexico Territory. The Old Spanish Trail was a pack mule route considered by historians to be the” longest, crookedest, most tortuous trail in the nation”. The 1200 mile trip between Los Angeles and Santa Fe took about 3 ½ months. The last caravan was a Mexican pack train in 1848. After the Mexican War the trail was replaced by more southerly routes that could accommodate wagons.
Santa Rosa de Abiquiu
This site is off US Highway 84 just south of Abiquiu. The ruins are the remnants of the original Spanish settlement. Santa Rosa de Abiquiu was built in the 1730’s, abandoned in 1748 because of Indian raids, resettled in 1750, and again abandoned when the population moved into the Genizaro pueblo.
Abiquiu Village
The Village was settled following a 1754 Spanish land grant to Hispanicized Indians (Genizaros) and was a frontier settlement for more than 80 years. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Abiquiu was a center of trade for Plains and Pueblo Indians, and a point of departure for those traveling along the northern Spanish Trail to Spanish settlements in California. A Catholic church built by the community in the 1930’s has become the Plaza’s centerpiece.
The Old Spanish Trail
One route of the Old Spanish Trail goes through the Rio Chama valley and Abiquiu. The trail takes its name from the old Spanish colonies in northern New Mexico and southern California which were linked by this rugged route. The Spanish outpost of Santa Fe, NM was founded in the early 1600’s ten years before the Plymouth Colony was established by the Mayflower pilgrims. The presidio of Monterey was founded in 1770 and the San Gabriel Mission in 1771. But it was not until 1829 that a suitable land passage between these colonies in the interior of New Mexico and the California coast became established and regularly used. Today, only a few remnant traces of the trail can be seen where hundreds of fast trotting mules and their tired muleteers once traversed the high country of New Mexico and Colorado on their way to California’s fertile trading fields.
For traveling Mexican caravans between 1829 and 1848, the Old Spanish Trail was known as the shortest path to riches between Los Angeles and Santa Fe. It was a trail of commercial opportunity and western adventure as well as slave trading, horse thieving and raids. The Trail route was established along a loose network of Indian footpaths that crossed the wide expanse of the Colorado Plateau and the Mojave Desert. With time, this newly established trade corridor attracted frontiersman and U.S. military expeditions.
by Jarred Conley on March 29, 2010
Star Liana York (click photo to visit her site)
Abiquiu Studio Tour
Each fall for the last 17 years, the artists of Abiquiu have hosted the annual Abiquiu Studio Tour during the three-day Columbus Day weekend. The distinctive works of over 60 local artists, creating from a variety of media, will be displayed in the artist’s studios and other venues. Art aficionados enjoy works from fiber weaving to mask making and from painting to pottery. www.abiquiustudiotour.org
Abiquiu Chamber Music
Extraordinary chamber music as it should be experienced: in an incomparable natural setting overlooking the Rio Chama and close to the performers. Audience members become part of an intimate sharing of varied works for different mediums and are able to mingle and talk with the artists at the post-concert dinner “meet the Artists”. www.abiquiumusic.com
Georgia O’Keeffe – Home and Studio
Off dusty County Road 164 in the historic Village of Abiquiu is the home & studio of the quintessentially American artist Georgia O’Keeffe a major figure in 20th century American art (1887-1986). The buildings, their immediate surroundings, and the views they command of mountains, mesas, cerros, and skyscapes inspired many of O’Keeffe’s best-known paintings and combine to provide insight into her vision and process. O’Keeffe moved from New York City to Abiquiu in the late 1940s and lived in this 5,000-square-foot home dating from the Spanish Colonial era. Seasonal tours open to the public. www.okeeffemuseum.org
Exhibitions at the Galleria Arriba
Each season local artists are selected to display their works in an upstairs gallery in the picturesque Abiquiu Inn. www.abiquiuinn.com
Abiquiu Library
Pueblo de Abiquiu Library and Cultural Center is nestled in the heart of O’Keeffe country in Rio Arriba County — Abiquiu, New Mexico. The library, located across the plaza from the Parish Hall, provides a quiet haven for book and media lovers. The library’s collection includes over 6,000 volumes, 30 magazines, a selection of videos and DVDs, music CDs, books on tape, and an ever-changing supply of donated books for sale. Beautifully handcrafted display cases, made by local artisans, hold rare artifacts of the area’s history. The library also supports state-of-the-art computers with high-speed internet access that are available to the public. As a cultural center, the library offers after-school tutoring, children’s art programs, GED, ESL, computer training, and Spanish language classes. It also provides the community with services such as copying, notary, fax, and interlibrary loans. www.abiquiulibrary.org
by Jarred Conley on March 29, 2010
Christ in the Desert Monastery
This Benedictine Abbey is located in a beautiful and isolated spot on the Chama River. The road is not totally maintained, and is often impassable after snow or rain storms. The monks practice the Benedictine life of prayer, reading, and manual labor which now also include a beautiful scriptorium. http://www.christdesert.org.
Dar al Islam
The North African-style mosque and attached school were constructed in the early 1980’s with the dream of starting a model village showcasing Islam in America. The facility, with a training and worship structure that contains a school, library, elaborate prayer rooms, and living quarters, is dedicated to the betterment of society through education and cooperation. http://www.daralislam.org
Ghost Ranch – It’s all about transformation . . .
In the 1930’s Arthur Pack bought a ranch in northern New Mexico known as Ghost Ranch writing two books about the Ranch and his family’s experiences. The 21,000 acre Ranch was part of a land grant to Pedro Martin Serrano from the King of Spain in 1766. The grant was called Piedra Lumbre (shining rock/stone). The name “Ghost Ranch,” or the local name “El Rancho de los Brujos (witches),” was derived from the many tales of ghosts and legends of hangings in the Ranch’s history. There were many bones to be found in this high desert country, Georgia O’Keeffe painted and displayed them. Paleontologists digging at the Ranch discovered a fully intact Late Triassic Period, theropod dinosaur Coelophysis bauri, that was later designated as the New Mexico State Fossil. In 1955 Arthur and Phoebe Pack, presented the ranch to the Board of Christian Education Presbyterian Church, USA, to be used as a national retreat and education center. www.ghostranch.org
by Jarred Conley on March 27, 2010
Abiquiu (AH-bi-kyoo) is a tiny village located on US 84 about 60 miles north of Santa Fe. The village is on a rocky mesa above the Rio Chama at an elevation of 6,060 feet. Pinons dot the side of the mesa. Large cottonwoods grow where water springs from the earth and along the Rio Chama providing a rare lushness in the arid high desert. The pastoral setting is the perfect home for the modern newly built mansion or an adobe that has been here for centuries. La Canada and Barranca neighborhoods are located along the Rio Chama near the village. Acequias are used to irrigate the small fields as they have for centuries to provide pastures for horses, cattle, and sheep. The fertile land yields delectable fruits and vegetables. The white cliffs along the river provide the quiet beauty that attracts those seeking inspiration for their creativity. Most famous of the artists attracted to the area was Georgia O’Keefe who made her home in Abiquiu from 1945 until her death in 1986. One of the highlights of the year is the annual Abiquiu Art Tour showcasing the many artists who have made their home along the Rio Chama. Movie stars enjoy the anonymity that can be had in the area. The scenery is so stunning movies are shot on location. Most recent was the 4th Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Bode’s General Store has been in business since 1890 and is still the gathering place in Abiquiu. A good meal, gifts, every day grocery and hardware needs, plants, seeds, and household goods are available along with good conversation with the owners or neighbors. Guests experience the charm of the Rio Chama and quietness of Abiquiu in a comfortable casita at Abiquiu Inn. A restaurant offers fine cuisine and the gift shop features work of local artists. Santa Fe and Carson National Forests are adjacent to Abiquiu.
The original village, abandoned in the 1500’s, was the Tewa Indian Pueblo at La Puente about 3 miles SE of the current village. These people are thought to have moved from Mesa Verde in southern Colorado. The first Spanish settlers came in the 1740’s and called the community Santa Rosa de Lina de Abiquiu for their patron saint. After devastating Indian raids the people living in Abiquiu petitioned to move elsewhere. The genizaros (Hispaniciazed Indians) founded the current village in 1747 and named the new village Santo Thomas de Abiquiu. In 1754, the Abiquiu Land Grant of 16,000 acres was given jointly to the genizaros and Spaniards. It is one of the last Spanish-American community grants still functioning and owned by residents of Abiquiu. The descendants of these early settlers are proud of their heritage and continue to practice their traditions, such as the Penitente rites. On a humorous note, there are rumors of witches who give out love potions that keep husbands home at night. In the early 1800’s Abiquiu became the trailhead for the Old Spanish Trail linking Santa Fe and Los Angeles and was the third largest settlement in New Mexico Territory. The Old Spanish Trail was a pack mule route considered by historians to be the” longest, crookedest, most tortuous trail in the nation”. The 1200 mile trip between Los Angeles and Santa Fe took about 3 ½ months. The last caravan was a Mexican pack train in 1848. After the Mexican War the trail was replaced by more southerly routes that could accommodate wagons.
Abiquiu Homes For Sale
Abiquiu Land For sale
by Jarred Conley on February 26, 2010
Abiquiu Real Estate has traditionally been a market in Northern New Mexico which has attracted mostly Artists and Retirees over the years. The hub of the Village is Bode’s General Store and the Abiquiu Inn.
Over the previous 12 months the Abiquiu Area, as defined in the Santa Fe MLS has had 11 closings, ranging in price from $44,900 to $885,000.
Click here for a current list of Abiquiu Real Estate.
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