# What do do in Santa Fe and Albuquerque? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711 "2009-08-25T23:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711/21 "2009-08-28T04:17:26Z")
Can’t you see the actual detonation site for Project Trinity somewhere in NM? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711/22 "2009-08-28T05:12:11Z")
Santa Fe was pretty, but the only thing I was interested in was _leaving._ Kinda like an up-scale Virginia City, which is an up-scale Tijuana, with is an up-scale shit-hole. Saw nothing but artsy-fartsy crap and high prices. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711/23 "2009-08-28T07:14:33Z")
Santa Fe art, at least last time I was out there, went way downhill. Downtown is still neat though. If you like Mexican food you need to go to either [Sadie’s](http://www.sadiessalsa.com/) or [Los Cuates](http://www.loscuatesrestaurants.com/). Warning, Sadie’s food is hot. If you go to Los Cuates get the green chile cheese fries. MMMMMM Green Chile Cheese Fries… The tram is neat and this time of year there probably isn’t too long of a wait to get up. Slee ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711/24 "2009-08-28T08:54:33Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > Can’t you see the actual detonation site for Project Trinity somewhere in NM? It takes a couple hours to get to from Albuquerque and the public is only allowed two days a year (first Saturday in April or October). It’s on White Sands Missile Range and honestly, there ain’t much to see. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711/25 "2009-08-28T11:28:06Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > It takes a couple hours to get to from Albuquerque and the public is only allowed two days a year (first Saturday in April or October). It’s on White Sands Missile Range and honestly, there ain’t much to see. If one happens to be in that area, the [N.M. Museum of Space History](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_Museum_of_Space_History) in Alamogordo is worth visiting. There is also a nice small [zoo](http://ci.alamogordo.nm.us/coa/communityservices/zoo.htm) in the city. New Mexico has a lot more interesting things in it than people might think, even though, regrettably, they’ve made it very difficult to steal Billy the Kid’s gravestone. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711/26 "2009-08-28T12:08:08Z")
I did not know that Alamogordo had a zoo. If I had, I would have made a trip out that way when I was living in Las Cruces. Well, maybe the next time I go to visit my parents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-in-santa-fe-and-albuquerque/507711.md?page=1)