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June 10, 2011
Vol. 1.82 No. 24
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Announces Free First Sundays for All New Mexico Residents Albuquerque, NM–The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is implementing a new admissions policy in an effort to make the Museum and Sandia Mountain Natural History Center even more accessible to New Mexico residents.
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Both the Museum (located at 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque) and the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (located at 60 Columbine Lane, Cedar Crest, NM) will be open to the public and free to New Mexico residents (with ID) the first Sunday of every month. (Entrance into the Lockheed Martin DynaTheater and Planetarium will be at regular admission fees.) There is something for everyone at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science! The ancient past comes to life in the museum’s eight exhibit halls that make up Timetracks, a journey through time. You can see New Mexico in the Late Triassic when it was a land of tropical floodplains and giant amphibians and crocodile-like phytosaurs prowled the waterways, walk amidst the largest land animals of all time in the late Jurassic, and then plunge into the sea during the Cretaceous and swim alongside mosasaurs and prehistoric sharks. Other highlights in your journey through time include an active volcano, Ice Age cave, Dire wolves, mammoths, and Albuquerque’s last camel!
Operating since 1967, the SMNHC has over five miles of hiking trails and serves approximately 18,000 visitors a year with a focus on the Ecology Field Program, teaching over 12,000 students, teachers, and chaperones each year. Using the outdoors, this program teaches students about the interconnectedness of the biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem with a hands-on scientific approach. This wonderful facility will now be open to the public the first Sunday of every month (weather permitting) and free to New Mexico residents! 2011 Schedule of Free Sundays for New Mexico Residents at the NMMNHS and SMNHC
At the Naturalist Center you can explore fossils, as well as learn about animals you will find in New Mexico today, observing them up close and personal. Other exciting exhibits include Space Frontiers, featuring a full-scale model of the Mars rover, Startup: Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution, and the new exhibit, Degrees of Change: New Mexico’s Climate Forecast.
(Entrance into the Lockheed Martin DynaTheater and Planetarium will be at the regular admission fees.)
The Museum invites visitors to explore the creatures, climate, and geologic phenomena of New Mexico in the past and present, and so much more, with exhibits that appeal to all ages and levels of interest.
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Previously not open to the general public, The Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (SMNHC) is an award-winning environmental education center located in the Sandia Mountains just east of Albuquerque. This beautiful 128-acre piñon-juniper forest is owned by Albuquerque Public Schools and operated by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
wagon train vacation re-creates pioneer life Dollars & Sense by David Uffington To many, the ideal vacation means going somewhere without cell phones or television to mesmerize the kids, where the environment itself needs no embellishment or diversion. One of the most unique family vacations is a wagon train trip. The 42nd annual Fort Seward covered wagon train (June 19-June 25) starts from Jamestown in North Dakota. The trip includes the adventure of being on a wagon train in authentic covered wagons with camping, arts and crafts, nature lore, chuck wagon grub, singing and skits around the campfire. This is very much a family trip. No alcohol is allowed. Everyone is expected to pitch in with “kitchen” duties at the chuck wagon and with other chores.
Send email inquiries to registrar@ covered-wagon-train.com and get more information at www.covered-wagontrain.com. In Jackson Hole, Wyo., you’ll have a choice between four days on a wagon train near the Grand Tetons, and a full week travel package that also includes a tour of Yellowstone National Park, whitewater rafting, a cookout, a few nights in a motel and more. Trips leave weekly through the summer. For more information, go to www. tetonwagontrain.com, or call 1-888734-6101. The Oregon Trail Wagon Train starts from Nebraska and you have your choice of three-hour tours in a covered wagon to Chimney Rock, or full day
wagon trips throughout the summer. There also is a nightly cookout around a campfire, RV parking, tent camping and canoe rentals. For more information see www.oregontrailwagontrain.com or call them at 308-586-1850. Want to go someplace where you’ll sleep each night in an indoor bed, rather than move every day in a wagon train? How about a dude ranch? The 9 Quarter Circle Ranch in Montana, surrounded by national forests, offers cabins, meals, horses and riding instruction, fishing, hay rides and even babysitting for small children while the adults take morning and afternoon rides. For experienced riders, there are one- or two-day camping trips. You can arrange for pickup from the airport. Go
online to www.ninequartercircle.com, or call them at 406-995-4276 for more information. No matter which type of trip you take, make special note of what you’re expected to bring and how you will get there. Look for age restrictions for children and any medical considerations. If in doubt, consult your local travel agent for suggestions and referrals. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.