title: New Mexico Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to Unique Places (Off the Beaten Path Series)
author:  Todd Staats 
description: This new edtion of New Mexico Off the Beaten Path includes information on dining, lodging and insider tips. This is the ultimate guide to capturing the heart and soul of New Mexico.  Whatever you do when you travel, gett of the interstate. Who needs more bland rest stops and fast food? Get into the heart of things with Globe Pequot's Off the Beaten Path series. Devoted to travelers with a taste of the unique, this easy-to-use guide will help you discover the hidden places in New Mexico that most tourists miss-unsung, unspoiled, and out-of-the-way finds that liven up a week's vacation, a day trip, or an afternoon. This breezy, fun and helpful book is full of interesting and unique suggestions.
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](cover.xhtml#cover)
  
  
  * [Title Page](title_page.xhtml#title-page)
  
  
  * [Contents](nav.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Prologue](Prologue.xhtml#pr1)
  
  
  * [Lubbock, Texas—322 Miles to Albuquerque](Lubbock_Texas-322_Miles_t.xhtml#lu2)
  
  
  * [Nine Months Earlier](Nine_Months_Earlier.xhtml#ni3)
  
  
  * [Amherst, Texas—278 Miles to Albuquerque](Amherst_Texas-278_Miles_t.xhtml#am4)
  
  
  * [Three Years Earlier](Three_Years_Earlier.xhtml#th5)
  
  
  * [Sudan, Texas—272 Miles to Albuquerque](Sudan_Texas-272_Miles_to_.xhtml#su6)
  
  
  * [Two and a Half Years Earlier](Two_and_a_Half_Years_Earl.xhtml#tw7)
  
  
  * [Muleshoe, Texas—253 Miles to Albuquerque](Muleshoe_Texas-253_Miles_.xhtml#mu8)
  
  
  * [Nine Months Earlier](Nine_Months_Earlier_1.xhtml#ni9)
  
  
  * [Farwell, Texas—232 Miles to Albuquerque](Farwell_Texas-232_Miles_t.xhtml#fa10)
  
  
  * [San Diego, C