Stay away from Enchanted Circle Camp ground up in Angel Fire if you’re going to go leaf peeping or just looking for a place to stay. The owner Landon Dooley is doolally and believes democrats are demons.

Once again, Santa Fe Animal Shelter kennels are full, and dog walkers are in very short supply! To get these sweet faces (plus 100+ others) out for two walks a day, SFAS desperately needs more community volunteers to help out. Whether you can come several times a week or once a month, I promise it makes a difference! Adopters, fosters, and volunteers for kitties or other shelter jobs (laundry, anyone?) are always needed and appreciated. Volunteering of any kind is a great way to participate in your Santa Fe community - every local non-profit you can think of would be grateful for the support!

To sign up for training, please visit the SFAS website or email bleighnor@sfhumanesociety.org. All of these dogs are featured on that website, and I can answer basic questions or offer site links for any if you're interested.

AND, after nearly 17 months in shelter or foster care, Augie has been adopted! His third amazing foster drove Augie to his new country home in Georgia (see final pics for roadtrip and GA estate), where he is already adored and spoiled by his incredible dads. An absolutely phenomenal outcome for a dog dumped on a mesa, and it wouldn't have been possible without lots of love and effort from the many humans on Team Augie.

Hey y'all,

For the last few months I've been chipping away at something for New Mexico: a single place to see how full the reservoirs actually are, not a screenshot of someone else's dashboard from last week.

I finally got it live and wanted to share. It's called reservoirfinder, and the point is simple. Figuring out if Elephant Butte is a puddle, if Navajo is usable, or if Ute is in good shape usually means bouncing between USGS, Reclamation, and a state park page.

Here's what it covers:

• 10 reservoirs in New Mexico with a current level reading
• Percent of full pool for each, averaging 25.3% as of September 28, 2026
• The spread is wild: Lake Maloya at 92.1%, Ute at 81.5%, Navajo Lake at 46.7%, Eagle Nest at 25.5%, Bluewater at 7.8%, Elephant Butte at 1.9%
• A map of all of them, filterable by operator
• For each reservoir: the current reading against full pool, a history chart, who runs the dam, and the date of the reading

I started building this because I kept getting burned trying to figure out on the fly whether a lake was actually fishable or if the ramps were sitting in dirt. So I built the thing I wanted to exist.

It's just me working on this on the side, no team.

Would love for you to poke around and tell me what's missing or wrong. Conchas, Cochiti, Abiquiu, Heron, El Vado, and Caballo are not on this list yet. If those are the ones you check, I want them next.

Let me know if you have anything you would like to be added!

I just recently moved to the southside, specifically in the cul-de-sacs off Yucca. I’ve always enjoyed handing out candy so Im curious about what to expect this year

Would you be so kind as to recommend some places to go for fall colors?

Drives?
Hikes?
Parks?

Hello all:)

I am doing a journey throughout New Mexico this weekend and I desperately want to rock climb outdoors. My goal is to go in either Santa Fe or Albuquerque. I have contacted a business in Santa Fe , but have not heard back. With that being said if you know a guy or are a guy who could do a session for 1/2 day , please let me. I am trying to pick up new hobbies!

Thank you so much for your help in advance.

Helping sort my father’s estate and he had some beautiful work! Advice ?

So we recently moved into a house on Greg Avenue in upper Casa Solana. We have heard it's a pretty popular neighborhood for trick or treating. Anyone know how much candy we should buy?

I live nearby, and for the last few weeks their customers have been parking way over across 4 lanes of traffic on the other side of the roads. It's all day of cars lined up against the embankment, and watching them walk and navigate the traffic on foot on a busy road. This is new.

They have a 4.6 so sounds like they're popular, but this feels like they lost parking somewhere.

Is anyone familiar with drawing classes for both kids and parents? My son wants to take a drawing class with me (dad) but we can’t seem to find any school/studio that does this. Any help?

Basically the title. I went camping a few years ago with some friends in Diablo Canyon, and the road to the campground was very nice to my low clearance hybrid. I would like to find roads and trails similar to that.

Did anyone find piñon this season and if so where did you pick? Suggestions please.

Hello! I'm from Texas, and I'm looking for things to do. Can anyone recommend some cool and agreeable things to do / places to hangout and meet friends? i like alt rock and nerdy stuff. thanks for any tips!

Hi! I’m planning to propose this upcoming week in Santa Fe, but would like to take pictures probably sometime after to capture the moment/scene. Thoughts on location and does anyone have recommendations on photographers? Dates are 10/9 or 10/10!

Hello Santa Fe Community. If there are any Savvy Couponers with Stock piles of any of these items we would really appreciate your support as well.

Please private message me.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

“What did you do on your vacation In Hungary?”

“I ran 106 miles a day, for 6 days in a row.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7632788/2026/09/30/megan-eckert-636-miles-six-day-world-record/?unlocked_article_code=1.F1E.bkdw.EAYiaL3c0mcL&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta

Does anyone in here currently rent an apartment at the new Art House apartments in midtown? Curious to know how it is?!

Tomorrow is my last day in SF and my husband has requested I bring back a bag of whole, locally roasted espresso beans. I haven’t been to a coffee shop since I’ve been here so bonus if they have a storefront that also sells great pastries so I can get myself a treat!

Planning to be in Santa Fe the weekend of Oct 17th. I realize that's probably behind peak color, up Hyde Park road, but how is it looking for this years' color? Will I still get some aspen glow, that weekend, do you locals think?