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Legoland California Mini-Vacation Getaway - Only $149 - Stay 3 days / 2 nights at Grand Pacific Palisades Resort & Hotel and you also will get a Free Family Pass to visit Legoland California, one of America's newest theme parks, located directly across the street. Certain restrictions apply.

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• Access Santa Fe/Taos/Albuquerque
  157 pages 4th edition (March 1999) - The 19 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops, and sight in Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque.

• Frommer's Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque
  Paperback - 290 pages 1999 edition (December 1998) IDG Books Worldwide;

  

• Lonely Planet Southwest
  by Rob Rachowiecki - 1999 covers Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

• Enchanted Lifeways : The History, Museums, Arts & Festivals of New Mexico
  208 pages (July 1996) New Mexico Magazine.

• Absolutely Every Bed & Breakfast in New Mexico
  196 pages 3rd edition (November 1999)/ Sasquatch Books.

• VHS VIDEO - New Mexico:Land of Enchantment (1994)

• VHS VIDEO- Tour of Santa Fe,New Mexico (1996)

• Big League, Big Time : The Birth of the Arizona Diamondbacks
  The Billion-Dollar Business of Sports, and the Power of the Media in America by Len Sherman - 352 pages (March 1999).
  On March 31, 1998, more than 48,500 fans cheered the arrival of Major League Baseball's newest expansion team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the first book ever to chronicle the birth of a major-league baseball franchise from conception to Opening Day, Big League, Big Time takes you inside the Diamondbacks dugout -- and their corporate suite -- to examine the billion-dollar business of baseball and its enormous impact on our culture.

• Skiing Store - Complete inventory of ski equipment and apparel.

• Snowboarding Store - Big inventory of brandname snowboards.

• Hockey Store - Full line of brandname equipment - and get the jersey for your favorite NHL team!

• Cycling Store - Brand name racing and mountain bikes, safety gear and apparel

• Fishing Store - Fishing Rods, Gear, Tackle Boxes, and Apparel

• Golf Store - Brandname Clubs, Balls and Apparel - Callaway, Taylor Make, Cobra

• Outdoor Store - Brandname Tents, Backpacks, Binoculars, Sleeping bags, Footwear

• A Lady Follows
  (Women of the West Novel) by Holly Newman 384 pages (February 1999)
  Carolina Harper is bound to traverse the Santa Fe trail in the spring of 1846. War with Mexico is imminent, and Santa Fe, the Jewel of New Mexico, lies at the heart of the contested territory. Still numb from the deaths of her son and her husband, Carolina sets out from Westport, Missouri, with a freed slave, a Mexican servant, and a scarred, reticent Mountain Man. The plight of her three young, motherless cousins goads her into action, for she is determined to reach them in Santa Fe before the anticipated war.

• Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona
  - 414 pg Hardcover history of the Wild West Frontier.

• High Noon in Lincoln : Violence on the Western Frontier
  by Robert Marshall Utley - Reprint edition (April 1990) University of New Mexico Press.

• History of the Lincoln County War
  440 pages Reprint edition (September 1997) - University of Arizona Press.
  In the annals of western history, the Lincoln County War stands out as a complex and tragic event in which lives were lost, fortunes destroyed, and peaceful citizens transformed into lonely, exiled outlaws. A classic reference work on the era of Billy the Kid, this fast-moving account brings new meaning to the war and to those individuals who became its victims.

• A Brief History of New Mexico
  89 pages (December 1974) / University of New Mexico Press.

• The Last Bus to Albuquerque by Lewis Grizzard
  Longstreet Press - Includes more than sixty previously uncollected columns by the popular Southern humorist and newspaper columnist who died in March 1994, as well as obituaries and coverage of his funeral, rare photographs, and remembrances by fans and fellow journalists.

• Adolph F. Bandelier's the Discovery of New Mexico by the Franciscan Monk, Friar Marcos De Niza in 1539   
  135 pages (August 1982) - University of Arizona Press

• Albuquerque; Where the World Celebrates Ballooning
  118 pages (December 1997) - American and World Geographic Publishing.

• Mountain Biking Albuquerque (Falcon Guide.)
  (September 1999) Falcon Publishing Company.

• Fly-Fishing in Southern New Mexico
  208 pages 1 Ed edition (October 1998) University of New Mexico Press

• Green Chile Bible: Award-Winning New Mexico Recipes
  176 pages (November 1993) Clear Light Pub;
  Green Chile Recipes from New Mexico include:
  • Mexican Chef's Salad combines fresh salad mixings with beef, beans, and lightly-tossed crushed tortilla chips, avocado, and cheese.
  • Salsa Macho Con Tequila is a robust fresh salsa topped off with cilantro and a jigger of tequila.
  • Sanchez Tam O'Shanter is a hearty main dish of beef, spinach, chile and eggs.
  • Huevos Yucatecos is a breakfast specialty that serves up beans, tortillas, ham, cheese, and peas smothered with green chile sauce and garnished with fried bananas.

• Behind Adobe Walls : The Hidden Homes and Gardens of Santa Fe and Taos
  144 pages (June 1997) Chronicle Books;
  This book is filled with idea inspiring photos of southwestern adobe homes. The rich descriptions combined with the photos have given me many decorating ideas for my own home.

• 75 Hikes in New Mexico by Craig Martin
  205 pages (November 1995) - Mountaineers Books.

MountainZone.Com - Lots of Outdoor Adventure Gear

Maps.com - Travel maps and digital atlases including Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos.

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• Benchmark New Mexico Road and Recreation Atlas
  Benchmark Map's Landscape Maps and an award-winning design combine to make this the most useful road atlas of New Mexico currently published. Updated for 1999, the atlas has two complete sets of maps, Landscape and Public Lands, as well as comprehensive street maps of Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and Roswell. Also included is recreation information on nearly 300 sites throughout the state.

• Rand McNally Cosmopolitan World Atlas
  Best known and bestselling atlas title for over 40 years. Hardcover edition with over 69,000 place names. Large scale maps of continents, countries, states and provinces. Excellent for home, business, travel, schools or libraries.

• How to Plan Your Dream Vacation Using the Web
  by Elizabeth Dempsey. Definitely one of my Favorite handbooks. Travelers can get huge discounts and savings on their vacation costs to anywhere in the world by using the internet. This book includes a crash course in using the World Wide Web.

• Ancient Treasures of the Southwest
  A Guide to Archeological Sites and Museums in Arizona, Southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah by Franklin Folsom, Mary Elting Folsom (Contributor)

• Discover Native America : Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah
  455 pages (April 1995) Hippocrene Books;
  Tish Minear and Janet Limon provide an historical overview of the tribes that populated the region, highlighting their culture and language as well as a report on the current status of American Indians, including information on visiting reservations, attending ceremonies and buying native arts and crafts.

• Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico
  270 pages (June 1980) - Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)
  If you're interested in the camps of early New Mexico...it's where to get the info. It's very accurate & has nice pictures

• Adobe Angels; The Ghosts of Albuquerque
  112 pages (November 1994) - Red Rabbit Press
  True eye-witness accounts of encounters with ghosts. Adobe Angels-The Ghosts of Albuquerque, is the second book in the series of five books which presents true ghost stories of new mexico. My books take a fresh approach to the stories of the supernatural. I present the stories using an inerview format and include many photographs and location discriptions. The stories run the gamut of being gentle in nature to an emotional explosion of fear and horror. Major landmarks of Albuquerque are featured as are lesser known towns and businesses.

•   Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Book of Answers
  Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press; ISBN: 1886679096 by David Wentworth Lazaroff -
  This is a book of answers to questions about the Sonoran Desert. The opening words of this excellent introduction to desert ecology are too modest -- much of the information included can be applied to all desert regions

• Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico
  Hardcover (August 1996) - University of New Mexico Press;
  This book has an 8 x 10 format with 504 pages, 149 color and 140 line illustrations. The cost of printing was subsidized by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Share with Wildlife Program and Division of Public Affairs.