# Help me plan our 40th Anniversary next year **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-our-40th-anniversary-next-year/1033477 "2026-09-30T04:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-our-40th-anniversary-next-year/1033477/4 "2026-09-30T09:41:00Z")
I’ve not been in a long time, so most of my “Go see this” advice would be quite dated. But I will second the run up to Santa Fe, time & transport permitting. Albuquerque, like most US cities, has a distinctive older core and a vast amount of generic post-1970s flavorless suburbia. Percentage-wise Santa Fe has a lot more of the former and relatively little of the latter. And has been more aggressive about preserving their old stuff as a reason to go. Albuquerque sites at an elevation of ~5300 feet. So “mile high” like Denver. And with adjacent mountains if you want to get higher = cooler. In August daily highs will be hot: low 90s. But overnight lows will be cool: mid 60s. That large diurnal swing can be a surprise for folks used to places with smaller daily swings. This recent thread is _almost_ on point for our OP and contains a wealth of advice and some after-action reporting from that OP’s recent visit. > [@So tell me about visiting New Mexico in the fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-visiting-new-mexico-in-the-fall/1030802): > > We’d been debating between Montreal and New Mexico, and currently New Mexico is in the lead due to airfare prices being about half that of Montreal’s (despite it being only about a 2-hour flight from home, with Albuquerque being more like 6). We’d be looking to go in mid- or late September. I’m thinking we’ll want to rent a car and take in some sights in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos. So – what’s good to see? We like museums and art galleries, trains, oddball stuff, small-venue music, nature-… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-our-40th-anniversary-next-year/1033477)._