Across
- 4. Artsy mining town on the trail
- 6. Art-yard-sculpture surprise town
- 7. Optional low bridge swimming spot (John ___)
- 8. Optional Black Rock soak stop
- 11. Chapel famous for “holy dirt”
- 12. Overnight stay for Route 66 neon glow
- 15. Boardwalk over twisted black lava
- 16. Sun symbol on New Mexico flag
- 18. — Olympic-style arch icon in the Madrid photo op
- 19. Hillside covered with petroglyphs
- 23. Cold, deep swimming spot in Santa Rosa
- 24. Mountain ski/arts town with bear carvings
- 25. Lakefront antique mining town
- 27. Paper airplanes get launched here
- 30. Scenic trail between Santa Rosa and Santa Fe
- 32. What “crashed” outside town
- 33. Stop for pie at Sugar Nymphs Bistro
- 35. Classic motel signage on Route 66
- 36. Veterans memorial; rumored haunted
Down
- 1. Paper-bag Christmas lantern tradition
- 2. Abandoned mining sites scattered across New Mexico
- 3. Heart of historic downtown Santa Fe
- 5. Green-screen tourist photo experience
- 9. Object traditionally tossed off the Gorge Bridge
- 10. Steakhouse famous for the 72-ounce challenge
- 13. Rafting hub along the Rio Grande
- 14. Proper spelling in New Mexico (not chili!)
- 17. Metal roadside sculptures between Pilar & Española
- 20. Popular alien depiction in Roswell lore
- 21. Comes in red or green; state question incoming
- 22. Nut flavor in coffee and ice cream
- 26. Whimsical museum of carvings and bottle walls
- 28. Massive canyon north of Taos
- 29. Overnight stop before lava country
- 31. UFO Research Center downtown
- 34. Ranch with half-buried spray-painted cars