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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR...... 6 EAST MOUNTAIN ATTRACTIONS...... 8 HISTORICAL Estancia Salt Lakes - Worth Their Weight in Gold...... 9 CULTURE Clines Corners - Not Just Another Roadside Attraction...... 12 TURQUOISE TALES Sandia Man Cave - the Darkness at the End of the Tunnel:...... 16 PROFILE Elaine’s Bed & Breakfast - A Home Away From Home...... 18 THE GREAT OUTDOORS Geocaching - Place Detectives...... 20 LOCAL FLAVOR Turquoise Trail Bakery...... 22 ARTIST Gary Byrd - From Cowboys to Cougars...... 24 COMMUNITY Food Pantries - Meeting the Need...... 26 NATURE A Wing and a Prayer...... 28 BUSINESS Tagawa Greenhouses - Estancia Grown...... 32 LOCAL REAL ESTATE OVERVIEW...... 36 RESTAURANT REVIEW Head for the Hills...... 38 COMMUNITY EVENTS • SUMMER 2015...... 40 FARMERS MARKETS...... 44 SUMMER FUN JUST FOR KIDS...... 46

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About Our Contributors: Dixie Boyle grew up on a ranch in central New Mex- nesses small and large, profit and not for profit, better ico and developed a love for history and travel. A retired communicate via brochures, website copy, newsletters, high school teacher, she now works as a freelance writer, press releases, and ghostwritten articles. a summer fire lookout at Capilla Peak in the Manzano Chris Mayo relocated to the East Mountains from Mountains, and a park guide for Salinas Pueblo Mis- Prescott, Arizona, in 2006. He started as a freelance writer sions National Monument in Mountainair in winter. Dixie with Navy publications when he was in the service and has recently published her eighth book, The Enchantment of continued writing for a variety of trade magazines since New Mexico: Local Stories about the Land & People. leaving the Navy in 2002. He and his wife are the parents Jeanne Drennan has lived in the East Mountains of two young boys. with her family since 2004. She is an occupational thera- Beth Meyer is a former teacher, private tutor, and pist, writer, and home-school mom of three, and loves certified Reading Specialist. She has taught creative and to be out on a lake whenever the opportunity presents it- analytical writing in both public and private schools. She self. She has an unquenchable passion for learning and moved to the East Mountains in June of 2010 to join her teaching others how to experience wellness, and she is the husband, Mike Meyer, owner and publisher of the East author of Live Well. Be Well. 14 Simple Ways to Excellent Mountain Directory and East Mountain Living magazine. Health. Mike Smith is the author of Towns of the Sandia E. H. Hackney is a retired engineer, and now writ- Mountains, a writer for the Weekly Alibi, and is at work er and author. He writes fantasy novels under the name on a genre-expanding memoir, Shadows of Clouds on the Geoffrey Ganges. Revelation, the first book of his By the Mountains. His essays have appeared in Tin House, Booth, Blood trilogy, has been published, and book two is in the Eunoia Review, The Florida Review, The Baltimore Review, works. He lives on the east slopes of the Sandia Mountains and elsewhere. with his wife and two opinionated cats. Craig Springer’s ancestors arrived in Cerrillos in Kelly Koepke brings creativity and vitality to busi- 1878. He lives with his wife, Felicia, and their three young- ness writing projects for her clients around the world. She sters at the edge of the woods between the ghost towns of contributes to a variety of publications, and helps busi- Venus and Barton on sod busted for beans a century ago.

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8 EAST MOUNTAIN LIVING|SPRING/SUMMER 2015 HISTORICAL LISA’S TRUCK CENTER Best Green Chili Cheeseburgers In Town Come in & Eat or Call for Carry Out Worth Their Weight in Gold 820 CENTRAL The ancient economy of the Estancia Basin salt lakes Moriarty, NM By Dixie Boyle • Photos by Michael Meyer (East End of Town) enturies ago, salt trade The Tompiro Indians, who lived at (505) 832-4455 routes crisscrossed the Abo and Gran Quivira, were among globe and salt was the the first to harvest the salt from the 6:00am - 10:30pm world’s main commod- lakes. Later, the peoples of Tijeras, ity. Among its many uses, Chilili, Tajique, and Quarai, also Cit was important for curing hides, gathered the salt. The Spanish who preserving food, and mining silver. settled in the region referred to it as Wages were paid in salt, and cakes the Salinas Province. of the precious mineral were used By the 13th century, the salt lakes as money—gold and salt were even were an important cultural cross- traded ounce for ounce, and bloody roads and trading location for the salt wars were fought over its pos- Native tribes that inhabited the area. session. Eventually, the Tompiro assumed For hundreds of years, salt played control of the lakes and learned to an important role in New Mexico’s recognize high quality salt. A well- economy as well. The Estancia Ba- traveled salt trail ran between the sin was the center of this trade, with pueblos in the Salinas Province, and salt lakes dotting the landscape for the Tompiro also traded as far away over 100 square miles east of Estan- as Taos to the north and Chihuahua, cia and along Highway 60 between Mexico, to the south. Willard and Encino. The Apache also used the salt These lakes had formed from a lakes, and a long-standing truce ex- larger, much more ancient body of isted between the tribes during times saline water. Over the centuries, the of trade and salt gathering. It was water in this ancient lake began to believed that everyone should be af- slowly evaporate, and thin sheets forded safe travel while trading. of salt formed at the surface. These The Tompiro and others of the sheets shifted and dissolved over Ancestral Puebloan culture consid- and over again for hundreds of ered the gathering of salt a spiritual years, eventually forming extensive journey and offered prayer feathers salt beds. to insure its continued supply. An ex-

EASTMOUNTAINDIRECTORY.COM 9 HISTORICAL Continued hibit at Quarai tells of the Pueblo Salt mines in Parral, Mexico, a distance Legend: “Long ago, a Pueblo man of 700 miles. Indeed, like the Na- showed salt woman hospitality, even tives before them, the Spanish came though her body was rough and to recognize the different qualities of scaly. In return, she made her home salt, and priced them accordingly. nearby in a lake, so that people Paul Kraemer, in his 1976 El Pa- FIVE Convenient might come with offerings and take lacio article, “New Mexico’s Ancient away the salt that is her body.” The Salt Trade,” describes three levels Locations different ancestral groups visiting the of quality: “The lowest grade was Feed salt lakes traded and harvested salt coarse and heavy with admixed red Farm & Ranch Supplies in a spiritual and thankful manner clay and was used to salt cattle and Western Wear • Rodeo Gear Boots • Hats • Gifts before returning to their pueblos. cure hides. The middle grade sulfur- Animal Health Products The Spanish discovered the exis- tinged was primarily loaded on burro Pet Food • Wild Bird Food tence of the salt lakes trains for miners north Wood Pellets in 1581 when the Cha- and south. It cost 5 Plants & Other muscado-Rodriguez pesos for 300 pounds. Seasonal Merchandise expedition explored The highest grade was the area. They sent a glistening white, and report to the Viceroy was used after boil- in Mexico City that ing up in huge copper the salt lakes were cauldrons, followed the best ever found in by skimming and re- New Mexico. Soon, drying. It was sold to the Spanish gained ricos [rich buyers] for control of Salinas table salt.” Province, ending the When the Spanish Tijeras peaceful and spiritual were forced out of the 500 Hwy 66 salt trade established Raw, moist salt from the area area during the Pueb- by the Tompiro. Now lo Revolt of 1680, (505) 281-0664 the Natives were used as slave labor they continued sending secret cara- Mon-Fri • 8am-6:30pm to harvest salt for the Spanish and vans once or twice a year to the salt Sat • 9am-5pm their projects, carrying salt on their lakes, where they harvested the salt Sun • 11am-4pm backs to such an extent that many as quickly as possible under armed were permanently disabled. escort before returning to Mexico. South Valley Even worse, these were drought The Tompiro and those inhabit- 111 Rio Bravo SE, ABQ, NM years, and the Puebloans were ing the pueblos along the foothills of (505) 877-1504 forced to toil back and forth to the the Manzano and Sandia Mountains Mon-Sat • 8am-6:30pm Rio Grande River, a distance of at were so devastated by disease and Valencia least 130 miles round trip, where drought that they never returned to 3469 Hwy 47, Los Lunas, NM the Spanish had set up salt depots their home in the Salinas Province. (505) 865-1515 to meet the constant and consuming They migrated to the Rio Grande Mon-Fri • 9am-6pm demand by colonists and missions in River and integrated with the Isleta Sat • 9am -5pm the region. and other Ancestral Puebloan tribes Las Cruces The harvesting of salt became along the Rio Grande and south 848 N. Valley Drive, Las Cruces, NM even more vital to the Spanish when into El Paso. Over the centuries, the (575) 523-9351 they discovered that silver could Tompiro, their culture, and their lan- Mon-Fri • 9am-6pm be extracted from ground ores by guage have become extinct. Sat • 9am -5pm Sun • 11am-4pm using a mercury and salt-brine so- It would take another 140 years Socorro lution. Before the Salinas Province before the Spanish ventured back 902 N. California St, Socorro, NM was abandoned in the 1670s due across the Manzano Mountains (575) 835-1155 to extended drought and Apache to establish the town by the same raids, the Spanish were sending name. The Apache were relentless wagon caravans of salt to their silver in their quest to keep the settlers out 10 EAST MOUNTAIN LIVING|SPRING/SUMMER 2015 of the area, and it was not easy for continued supply centuries earlier. those first Spanish colonists. Early While driving through the Estancia Manzano was built in the style of a Basin, glimpses of the salt lakes can plazuela, or fortified town, with walls be seen glistening in the sun on the surrounding the community and a eastern horizon. Portions of the old torreon (watchtower) for protection. salt trail also remain as evidence of Torreons were round structures 50 the 600-year-long salt trade once so feet or so high, punctuated by port- important to the Natives and settlers holes from which settlers could shoot. of this region. During a raid, all the settlers could lock themselves inside and wait out References: the attack. Water, food, supplies, • “New Mexico’s Ancient Salt and ammunition were stored inside. Trade” by Paul Kraemer Thus, the entire town could comfort- ably wait out an attack. • Salinas Pueblo Missions, Abo Casual use of the salt lakes by Quarai & Gran Quivira by these settlers continued when the Dan Murphy United States officially gained control • In the Midst of Lonelines by of New Mexico in the 1848 Treaty of James Ivey Guadalupe Hildalgo. Soldiers sta- • Museum at the Quarai Site tioned at Fort Union made trips to – Salinas Pueblo Missions Na- the salt lakes to harvest salt for their tional Monument livestock. After the completion of the railroad, the salt lakes were not used as extensively as in the past, but the harvesting of salt for livestock con- tinued into the 1930s. According to Kraemer, unrefined salt was shipped by truck to ranch- ers within a 150-mile radius. 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Soon the custom of gathering LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF raw salt from the salt lakes became obsolete. HWY 344 & DINKLE (EDGEWOOD) Today, the salt lakes are all on Hours 9-5 Mon-Sat private land, but they remain much Be sure to check out our wide selection of Books! as they were when the Tompiro offered prayer feathers for their Thank you for your clean useable donations! EASTMOUNTAINDIRECTORY.COM 11 Clines Corners, as depicted on a postcard from the 1950’s. CULTURE vice station and hamburger joint in ily returned from Arkansas. Cline Not Just Another Lucy. built his station nearby, but a few Unfortunately, business was even years later the business was impact- worse in the isolated railroad com- ed when the byway known as the Roadside Attraction munity. Cline, ever the optimist, took Santa Rosa Cutoff was moved and his service station down in pieces renamed U.S. Highway 285. Once How Roy Cline created a and convinced a wildcat bean haul- again, Cline jacked up his build- Route 66 landmark er to transport it in sections back up ings and hauled them to the final, By Dixie Boyle north, about 25 miles east of Mori- and permanent, location of what is arty along a stretch of state road that known today as the Clines Corners or the past 81 years, those ran parallel to the newly built Route Retail Center. traveling through New 66. Only seven years old at this time, In the meantime, Route 66 was Mexico on the stretch of Route 66 was unpaved, and there morphing from a dusty byway into highway that is now Inter- were few gas stations and eating what would eventually become state 40 have stopped at places along its length. America’s Mother Road. Crews FClines Corners to take a break from Although Cline enjoyed a slight prepared Route 66 for paving with the road, fill up with gas, and have profit from his service station, he Caterpillar tractors referred to as a bite to eat. Roy Cline was the first soon changed his mind about the “crawling cats,” because they ran proprietor to see the potential of business and returned to Arkansas on tracks instead of wheels. The cats this location at the juncture of I-40 to once again try his hand at work- pulled six-foot blades that cleared and NM 285 between Moriarty and ing the land. Why, we don’t know. everything in their path. Caliche was Santa Rosa. While he wouldn’t be He often said he would never be sat- used as a base for the highway, and the last, his name and legacy have isfied with farming. soon crews had the road paved all remained a constant throughout the Sure enough, in 1933, he traded the way to Moriarty. The paving of his latest farm for an old Chevrolet Route 66 cut off one hundred miles history of the community. truck and loaded his family and all from the original route, bypassed Roy Cline, along with his wife and the canned goods he could fit in- Santa Fe, and headed in a straight their six daughters and one son, side and returned to New Mexico. line to Albuquerque. moved to New Mexico from Arkan- His son, Roy Cline Jr., who had re- Cline enjoyed socializing and re- sas in 1926. They tried farming near mained in New Mexico, contacted laxing more than working, and he Moriarty, but ended up trading the the New Mexico Land Commission kept visitors enthralled with stories land for a small hotel in town when and leased a parcel of land upon and tall tales. He was knowledge- the farm failed to produce. The hotel which his father built a new service able about the history of the area business was not much better. The station. and gave away free Conoco maps, Clines soon moved again, this time Highway construction crews were which encouraged travelers to stop heading south, to try running a ser- camping on this land when the fam- at his roadside business. When not 12 EAST MOUNTAIN LIVING|SPRING/SUMMER 2015 EASTMOUNTAINDIRECTORY.COM 13 CULTURE Continued chatting with customers, he indulged miles east of Clines Corners (today this helped to increase the number in one of his favorite past-times: sit- known as Bowlin’s Flying C Ranch) of visitors making the stop. ting in the shade reading Wild West and ran it until 1963. Roy Cline Jr. As a result, Clines Corners re- magazines and smoking Prince also became a Route 66 pioneer, es- mains a popular roadside attraction. Albert cigars while one of his daugh- tablishing the Half Moon Truck Stop The retail center has grown to over ters ran the filling station. west of Santa Rosa in the 1940s. 30,000 square feet, offering trav- There was little traffic on the road, (His obit says he sold the business in elers not only a chance to fuel up so in an effort to save money, Cline 1959, moved to Albuquerque, and but to also grab a bite to eat at the would turn the lights on in his busi- started a construction business). restaurant or Subway, and to take ness only when a car approached. Many small towns and roadside home Southwestern curios from the If it stopped, he left the lights on. If businesses along Route 66 in New onsite gift shop that claims to be it passed, he turned them off and Mexico died with the construction of New Mexico’s largest. Cline’s old waited for the next car. Cline actu- I-40 in the late 1960s. The interstate business also caters to truck drivers, ally sold more water than gas, even bypassed towns, making it hard to and there are plans to expand the though he charged a dollar a gal- exit. Other communities, like the trucking operations as well as the lon for water and ten cents a gallon now-ghost town of Cuervo to the retail store. for gas. Then as now, water was a east, were cut in half. But each of Roy Cline would not have to wor- precious commodity: it had to be Clines Corners’s owners—five since ry about the electric bill today. Over hauled from the Estancia Valley and Cline sold out—have worked to en- one million travelers stop at Clines Negra, a railroad town to the south, sure its success. In the 1940s, the Corners each year, making it one in order to supplement Cline’s mea- owners petitioned for and received of New Mexico’s treasures from the ger supply. an exit ramp off the interstate directly past that still holds promise for the In 1939 wanderlust struck again, into the business. Along with pur- future. and Cline sold his business to a lo- chasing billboards along the route, cal named S.L. “Smitty” Smith. While the water issue had still not been resolved (Smith hauled water from Estancia during the evening hours and worked in the filling station dur- ing the day), the enterprising new owner put money and effort into making Clines Corners a major des- tination for travelers. By the 1960s he had added a gift shop and dining Value and room, and had the foresight to peti- tion Rand McNally to include Clines Ask About Logan’s Corners on early maps and atlases Quality All in One during a time when service stations New Improved were going out of business as the Living Quarters interstate highway system moved westward. As for Roy Cline, he and his wife and three daughters (the others were married by this time) moved to Arizona to operate another road- side business. A few years later he moved to Vaughn, NM, and then Full Service and Repair to returned to Arkansas for one last try at farming before returning to All Trailers and RVs New Mexico in 1945. Once back, he opened the Flying C Service Sta- 1435 Route 66 [email protected] (505) 281-9860 tion & Café along Route 66, 16 Edgewood, NM 87015 www.sandiatrailer.com (800) 832-0603

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He authored eight books The Darkness at the End of the and many articles, had a TV show on ABC—Frank Hibben on Safari— was a popular lecturer and teacher, Tunnel and is remembered as a charismatic Sandia Cave, Frank Hibben, and the Mystery of the Past force of a person, a real-life, pith- by Mike Smith helmet-clad Indiana Jones. As an undergraduate anthropol- he road up to Sandia you can climb over it, and the cave ogy student in the 1930s, Hibben Crest winds up that tilted narrows, and twists, and descends, staked out Sandia Cave for study, mountain along walls of back and back and back, almost and soon began to announce amaz- rock and slopes of pine 500 feet. There are your hands in ing finds. The floor of the cave, he on one side, and the im- front of you, bleached white by ar- said, had sealed in thousands of Tmensity of space and sky and the tificial light. There is the unnaturally years’ worth of artifacts, all per- world falling away on the other. The twilit rock. There, if you turn off your fectly preserved in intact layers of feeling there is one of openness, and light, is complete darkness, com- sediment. There were stone spear then, if you choose to turn right, at plete silence, the smell of water, the points, bison bones, camel bones, Balsam Glade, it’s not. taste of dust. mammoth bones, horse bones, Suddenly, trees ensconce the In the late 1920s, the claw of a and mastodon bones. There were road. Suddenly, the road becomes ground sloth was discovered here, artifacts that seemed to date back dirt. Suddenly, the road becomes 25,000 years, making Sandia almost a tunnel, illuminated only Cave the oldest-known site of hu- by whatever light can filter down man habitation in the U.S. Hibben through the trees. This is Las published a paper about his ap- Huertas Canyon Road, where parent discoveries in 1941, and the Ellis family homesteaded in both he and this newly emerging 1893. This is where locals once story became famous. talked of strange lights and mys- Unfortunately, Hibben’s claims terious presences. Where Native have since proven highly contro- American hunters, Mexican versial. herders, and white miners have And Sandia Cave should per- all breathed and walked and haps now be better known not searched for something. This is as the oldest-known site of hu- a creek world, a tree world, a man habitation but as the site stone world, a shadow world. It’s of one of modern archeology’s a place apart, a quieter place, a biggest hoaxes. Many people wilder place, and it’s a road that Sandia Cave today Hibben worked with, and many if you follow, will lead you even subsequent researchers, have deeper into the heart of everything. and this excited the interest of Frank since cast doubts on nearly all of Follow it, park near signs for Sandia Hibben, an eccentric archeologist the alleged artifacts that Hibben al- Cave, walk a dirt trail, walk metal then affiliated with the University of most magically produced from the stairs, and then prepare to descend New Mexico. Hibben was a charac- cave—the spear points were all too into the Earth itself. ter straight out of a movie. He was intact, there were almost no chips About 80 feet up a limestone can- a world-traveling big-game hunter or fragments that would have re- yon’s wall, Sandia Cave hangs like whose house, which is still somewhat sulted from making such items, the the keyhole of a door, a door that preserved near UNM, is filled with levels of sediment were far more dis- hides a mystery—unending myster- literally hundreds of taxidermied an- turbed and mixed than Hibben had ies. The cave’s entrance has been imals and animal heads. Wherever indicated, and many of the animal scratched and painted with decades’ you are in it, glass eyes stare out at bones and teeth he recorded appear of graffiti. The ground is a fine dust you. Hibben allegedly performed to have come from widely different that travels home with the cave’s secret tasks around the world for sites. One mammoth tooth even had every visitor. 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oneymooning couples, interna­tional visi​tors ex- ploring the Southwest, and New Mexicans looking for an escape Hfrom the city heat: they all head to Elaine’s, A Bed and Breakfast in Ce- Elaine’s kitchen, where the food is great and the stories are intriging. dar Crest, where they are greeted by the wagging tail and lolling tongue Crest, where her parents worked as visitors who come in search of the rosy of black Labrador, Mannie. It’s her television operators in the 1950s. She finches at the Crest make Elaine’s their job to greets all visitors to Elaine herself worked at the old trading post base camp. O’Neil’s home, and certainly the as a teen. “I was here when there was Several improvements to the gregarious canine is part of the ap- nothing but horny toads,” she says. property over the last year have added peal of this mountain getaway. “Don’t find many horny toads around to the charm. O’Neil installed a fire Mannie most likely learned to be these days.” pit and soft-sided two-person hot tub charming from O’Neil, who turned She built the original house that in the backyard. Both allow guests her multi-bedroom log cabin into forms the kitchen, front bedrooms, to stargaze, enjoy the tall ponderosa an inn in 1988 at the suggestion of and sitting areas of the B&B in 1979, pines, and commune with nature. some itinerant musicians who were on a small part of the original 43 acres “Some Chinese guests wanted a performing at her church. she had purchased several years prior real American experience, so I bought “They loved the experience of staying that abut the National Forest. Now, ingredients for making s’mores here with me so much, I investigated situated on four of those acres and around the fire,” says O’Neil. That’s the local regulations and on a Friday, with an additional two rooms, the inn the kind of extra service she’ll provide got my license,” she says. “I had my provides direct access to forest trails to make visitors comfortable during first paying guests the next Monday. It for guests to tramp to their heart’s their sojourns. was really serendipity. The county had content. Other new additions to the property just approved the establishment of a It’s also a great place to nature- include a stone archway and flagstone B&B in this area and I was the first one watch: From the north- and east-facing walls leading from the patio to the to apply.” patios and balconies, visitors can see garden, and gravel paths to make A longtime resident of the East some 120 species of birds, including walking through the trees easier. For Mountains, O’Neil spent part of her four hummingbird varieties, as well as weddings, other ceremonies, and childhood living atop the Sandia miles of mountains and plains. Many photos, the archway and walls make

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EASTMOUNTAINDIRECTORY.COM 19 THE GREAT OUTDOORS finds—and counting. “It’s fun and Place Detectives infectious, like getting a bug that you can’t shake,” he says. “It’s easy to Geocaching in the East get started, and once you get going Mountains you may not stop.” By Craig Springer Here is what you need to know to get started: using a free app for ou’re motoring through your smart phone or tablet, your the East Mountains on the handheld device becomes a modern way to an address that treasure map, where the “X” for the you have never visited, treasure chest is a small container but thanks to your smart that someone else has hidden and Yphone’s map app or your car’s navi- marked online with its latitude and gation technology, you’ll likely find longitude. When the app is fired your destination without once getting up, your location might show as a lost. It’s the satellites that are speed- blinking blue light on a street map. The author’s daughter, Ava Springer, ing around Earth’s orbit that make That map will also show straight- has a knack for finding caches in it possible for you to find yourself line directions to geocaches in your unusual places. This one is from a on a virtual map. And it’s that very immediate area, such as within a cache she found near Dinkle Road. same technology that also makes it two-mile radius. Brief descriptions possible for you to play a popular to the caches are often written with hide-and-seek game called geo- cryptic teasers and clues as to where caching. you can find them, using key words Let’s break it down: “geo” means like “windmill” or “county line.” “Earth” and “cache” means “hoard,” The East Mountains are well cov- or, more specifically, a supply of ered with geocaches—slightly more something of value stashed in an in- than 100 lie within a five-mile radius accessible place. Geocaching, then, of Smith’s grocery store in Edge- is the act of stashing things on land, wood. You can find them throughout a kind of high-tech treasure hunt the East Mountains as well, from but without digging in the dirt. The along Old Route 66 from Moriarty treasures are memories made with to Tijeras and up and down High- friends and family, seeking out the way 14. Many are are easy to get to: tiny stores hidden in plain sight. And slam the car door, walk a few yards, Some caches hold small trinkets that finders it is a darn good time. and start looking. Others are placed can take or leave at will. These “travel bugs” Longtime Edgewood resident more remotely along established can literally move around the world. Craig Noorlander has been geo- hiking trails. Noorlander recalls one of his most caching all over New Mexico and Some caches are easy to find, memorable East Mountain finds, in the West for least 10 years. He has while others can be a bit of a chal- the lower elevations of the Sandias, logged slightly more than 1,000 lenge. But that’s part of the fun. called the Mailbox: “We had to hike through piñon and juniper trees, checking our coordinates along the 2 BIRCH ROAD (HWY 14N) way. The cache was aptly named, CEDAR CREST, NM but it was not what we expected to find in the woods. We got to where the navigation directed us, and were Monday Thru Thursday confused. We hunted around, fi- nally looked up into a piñon tree, James P. Retzer, DDS 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM and there it was—a mailbox with log book inside.” www.eastmountaindentistry.com While the technology to locate 505-281-2622 a position on the ground has been around for a long time, up until 2020 EAST MOUNTAIN LIVING|SPRING/SUMMER 2015 disconcerting, it is extremely useful in geocaching. A geocaching app can put you within six feet or so of a stashed object. 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EASTMOUNTAINDIRECTORY.COM 23 ARTIST From Cowboys to Cougars Painter Gary Byrd finds inspiration in Western life By Chris Mayo

Upon the Precipice, oil on canvas “I was interested in art as a kid,” “In a sense,” he says, “my life has Byrd recalls, “but I stepped away influenced the themes of my paint- from it as a teenager to pursue a ings.” traditional career, as art wasn’t par- On his fortieth birthday, and new- ticularly encouraged in our family.” ly divorced, Byrd decided to resume Byrd went on to receive degrees painting. He was reinvigorated by in biological science and advertis- the challenge of recreating those Gary Byrd ing from Oklahoma subjects that had State University, and resonated with him onsider the world of fine then to a career in since childhood, art. There are all types the oil and gas in- from cowboy life to of painters—from land- dustry in Oklahoma landscapes to wild- scape and portrait artists and Texas. “I drew life. to those that focus on a little bit over the It wasn’t easy Cspecific themes like urban life or years, mostly sketch- to find the time to the American West. Some approach es and caricatures. paint, however, as their art as a passionate hobby, Nothing serious,” he he was working full others as a part-time or full-time oc- says. But he always time. “I might start cupation. While we often appreciate felt pulled toward a painting and not fine works of art, rarely do- weap painting. get back to it for a preciate the work of art. Raised in south- week,” he says. If you want to learn more about eastern Oklahoma, Still, he kept at the creative process, spend a couple the son of a country it and sold his first hours with Gary Byrd at his home veterinarian, Byrd Andy Spuring Up, oil on canvas painting three years studio and gallery. Byrd, an ac- often accompanied later. complished painter of Western and his father to local ranches. He en- Byrd met his current wife, Karen, cowboy themes, is not only pas- joyed the exposure to animals and to several years after that. “She has sionate about his work he is also a cowboys and ranchers. He loved the been a great supporter of my art and dedicated craftsman who continually Western Heritage Museum in Okla- an honest critic; I always ask her if a refines his technique. That comes homa City, where he spent hours painting is ready to sign.” through in his paintings; depth and studying paintings and figuring out A health crisis early in their rela- detail draw the viewer in, and a the particulars behind the process of tionship changed their perspective. compelling story soon emerges. creating them. “We made a conscious decision to

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In addition to providing food Photo by Michael Meyer ahead of time, others have the fami- to 30 to 40 families each month, St. lies “shop” for their items. Some also Vincent’s also offers a utility assis- n any given day across offer additional services. Together, tance program on Fridays. “Some America, seniors have these programs, and those who vol- of our participants don’t have any to choose between unteer their time to help run them, money, and a lot of them are not food or medicine. have become a vital resource to East well,” Dorcy says. “We just want to Children who enjoy Mountain individuals and families make our services available to peo- Oa cafeteria school lunch on Friday facing issues of food insecurity or ple in need—that’s why we’re here.” might not have another meal until downright hunger. At the Edgewood Mobile Food returning to class on Monday. And Pantry (EMFP), hosted by Valley View moms and dads regularly go without Christian Church, volunteers wel- so they can feed their children. come clients with a sit-down meal, No longer striking only the home- snacks, a roaring fire in the cold less, food insecurity affects more months, and a movie for the chil- and more families each year, fami- dren as their parents wait for their lies whose fathers have been laid off numbers to be called before heading from their jobs or whose mothers back to “shop” for their groceries. are working alongside teenagers in Robin Prudencio, who coordinates minimum wage fast food jobs be- the pantry with Renee Willes, has cause that’s the only work they could a true passion for helping those in find in this economy. need. “We serve anyone,” Prudencio Some recent statistics are es- says. “We don’t discriminate on the pecially sobering when it comes basis of age, denomination, race, to food insecurity here in the East income level, color, residency, or Mountains. According to the 2013 gender. We just want to know, ‘are U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area In- you hungry?’” come and Poverty Estimate, over 35 And, she reiterates, you never percent of Torrance County school- know who that is going to be. “It aged children are living in poverty. could be a business owner who Federal School Lunch Program num- is struggling to make payroll but Recently, Bethel Storehouse held a doesn’t have anything left over for bers show that more than half of the circus in Edgewood to raise money. children in the Estancia School Dis- himself—yet he doesn’t qualify for trict are enrolled in the free lunch assistance. Those are the people program. Established in 1987, the East who catch my heart; the people who Four major food pantries in the Mountain Food Pantry in Tijeras cur- are stuck in the middle.” In addition East Mountains are working to com- rently serves eight to thirty families to serving 135 to 160 families each bat this problem. Each receives an each day. Participants must be East month, EMFP distributes clothing ample supply from Roadrunner Mountain residents and meet USDA from the Edgewood Civitan Club, Food Bank in Albuquerque, on av- eligibility guidelines. Folks on EBT or provides seasonal flu shots once erage 50 pounds per household; WIC are automatically eligible. “We a year, and offers assistance with some receive additional food sup- just want to help those who have filling out SNAP applications. An plies from local food drives and problems feeding their families,” emergency food pantry is also avail- through generous donations; and say co-coordinator Winnie Pearsall. able during off hours. 26 EAST MOUNTAIN LIVING|SPRING/SUMMER 2015 Another Moriarty-based food pantry, the Bethel Storehouse has Sandia been an invaluable community re- source since it was established in Valley 1987. Last year alone, it fed over 22,000 in the region. 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Butterflies are important Prayer pollinators and essential How to help one of partners in the ecologi- cal balance of nature, nature’s most beautiful able to memorize routes pollinators from flower to flower By Beth Meyer while remaining undis- turbed by nearby noise Monarch Butterfly egend tells us that whisper- because they are un- ing a wish to a butterfly and able to hear. They only the 1990s. According to the U.S. then releasing it to carry fly in the daylight and can be seen Fish and Wildlife Service, a total of the wish to the heavens will most often during the warmest hours 23 species are currently designated make it come true. Many of the day. They rely on their huge as endangered or threatened. But- Lancient civilizations also held but- compound eyes, which are espe- terflies are suffering from loss of terflies in high regard, believing they cially sensitive to ultraviolet light and habitat, invasive species, pollution, symbolized the human soul. One of infrared wavelengths, to see in all and changes in the climate. Their directions, find food sources, and complex life cycles and dependency locate mates. The largest butterfly, on certain plant species add to this Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing, has a challenge. twelve-inch wingspan and is com- The most alarming declines are mon to New Guinea; the smallest, seen in monarch butterfly popula- the Western Pygmy-blue of Southern tions. With their beautiful orange, California, has a wingspan of only yellow, and black wings that re- half an inch. semble stained glass, the monarch Thirteen of the 700 butterfly spe- is one of the most well-known butter- cies that live in North America are fly species on earth. They also have year round natives to New Mexico, one of the most unique migration Monarch Caterpillar feasting on a and many others migrate through patterns—as well as a complicated milkweed plant, it’s only food source. our state. On any given day during lifecycle, producing up to four gen- the summer, East Mountain ob- erations each year. After the first nature’s most perfect examples of servers can spy a number of these three generations spend the spring transformation and growth, butter- species, including swallowtails, and summer in northern climates, flies delight us with their silent flight queens, checkerspots, skippers, the last of the four yearly generations and beautiful wings, but many facts cabbage whites, fritillary, monarchs, of adult monarchs will fly between about these seemingly delicate crea- and the official New Mexico state 1,500 to 3,000 miles southward to tures still remain a mystery. butterfly, the Sandia Hairstreak. the mountains of Central Mexico, Butterflies are classified as mem- Unfortunately, butterfly numbers or as in the case of monarchs west bers of the insect order Lepidoptera, have been steadily declining since of the Rocky Mountains, toward the California coast. 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According to Mon- arch Watch, an education, research, and conservation organization, it is a decline comparable to what would happen if 15 acres covered in butterflies were reduced to a mere one-and-a-half acres. For many years, monarchs faced loss of habitat due to illegal logging in Mexico. Fortunately, beginning in 2007, the Mexican government began a program of better law en- forcement and providing better Dr. Scott & Dr. Reachi economic alternatives to the loggers. Two Locations To Serve You The government has also created the ABQ Dentists Your Dental Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Albuquerque Tijeras to educate the public and protect the area for the butterflies. 505-293-8011 505-281-2030 While drought and excessive heat We Are a Delta Dental Preferred Provider have also played a role, the great- abqdentists.com est current threat is the widespread Weekend Hours Available use of herbicides, which kill milk- weed. According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, since the year 2000, over 100 million acres of milkweed-laden habitat on farmland, open areas, KING’S BUTANE and along roadsides in the U. S. has been lost, and millions more acres have been used for development. COMPANY, INC. A conservation initiative sponsored by livemonarch.org and monar- chwatch.org can help guide those interested in planting milkweed to varieties that will thrive in the East Mountain area. Seeds and starter plants can also be ordered from HOME DELIVERY these websites. Today, a wide variety of scientists, SALES & LEASES universities, zoos, natural history museums, and conservation groups TANK INSTALLATIONS • GAS PIPE are focusing their efforts on edu- cating the public, restoring habitat, and even raising generations of SERVICING THE GREATER EAST MOUNTAIN butterflies, including monarchs, in AREA AND THE ESTANCIA VALLEY captivity to be reintroduced into the wild. In recent years, butterfly exhib- its have raised public awareness, and volunteers have been involved MORIARTY... 832-4273 in observing, monitoring, and count- EASTMOUNTAINDIRECTORY.COM 2929 NATURE Continued ing butterfly populations at events and sunflowers, like the North American Butterfly As- is always best, sociation’s annual count. says Rob Yak- One of every three bites of the sich, developer food we eat has been pollinated by of the Commu- an insect according to Tatia Velt- nity Pollinator kamp, owner and director of Wings Habitat at the of Enchantment Butterfly Farm in Rio Grande Albuquerque. “People shouldn’t be Nature Center. afraid to plant milkweed just because “Butterflies like of the word “weed” says Veltkamp. showy flowers “It is crucial that monarch caterpill- in bright colors ers have access to their only food with big landing Example of a colorful garden that attracts butterflies. source.” pads,” he says. One of the most important things The Pollinator Habitat also includes saying to avoid the use of pesticides. a layperson can do to help reverse three types of milkweed for the mon- Butterflies love all colors, but they declines in butterfly populations is archs and queens. are especially drawn to yellow and plant a butterfly-friendly garden. And while it’s easy to appreciate purple. Just a few examples of yel- That means choosing varieties that the elegance and beauty of adult low flowers to consider for our East provide space for the butterflies to butterflies as they float and flutter Mountain gardens are sunflowers, lay their eggs, a place for their chrys- around our gardens, the baby of black-eyed Susans, gaillardia, mari- alises to form, food for the resulting the family, the lowly caterpillar, is golds, and golden alyssum. Purple caterpillars, and nectar for the adults. often despised as a garden pest. It blooming plants that do well in our Starting with familiar native plants, is important to keep in mind that, climate include the butterfly bush, like penstemon, desert four o’clocks, much like the Ugly Duckling in the coneflowers, asters, Russian sage, children’s fairytale, those slimy, petunias, and lavender. leaf-eating pillagers mature into the A butterfly garden can be any delightful creatures that everyone size, from a window box to a corner loves. To that end, says Yaksich, “We of the yard to a large untended area sturges also plant parsley, dill, anise, and on the property. Butterflies seeking fennel, which are favorite food plants nectar will follow a flower’s scent, roadrunner for the caterpillars of black and an- so planting fragrant flowering plants ise swallowtails, common throughout such as the chocolate flower, Jupi- market New Mexico.” ter’s beard, and butterfly bush are Butterflies need nectar through- just a few possibilities. Of course, Serving The Torrance County Area out the entirety of their lifespan, so drought tolerance is always an im- gardeners should aim for a variety portant consideration in the East of plants that bloom continuously Mountain area as well. Low-main- Enjoy Our throughout the season—different tenance plants like butterfly weed, shrubs, perennials, biennials, and coreopsis, globe thistle, sedum, and Great annuals will also help attract a wider catmint are all a treat for butterflies. variety of winged visitors. Butterfly Numerous resources on develop- Selection gardens should be in full sun from ing a butterfly garden or joining the mid-morning to mid-afternoon, as effort to help prevent the declining of Delicious this is optimal feeding time. The butterfly population can be found in sun also helps butterflies warm their your local library, and on the Inter- Foods wings for flight, so placing large flat net. 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ne of the top com- mercial greenhouse operations in the coun- try has been a resident of Estancia since 2004. OTagawa Greenhouses Inc., estab- lished in 1967, boasts operations in Colorado, California, and here in New Mexico, which together com- prise over 2 million square feet of Tagawa’s planting assembly line greenhouses, the equivalent of 60 acres. visit for the thrill of throwing rocks bonus, he says, is the great light and The Estancia operation had a and hearing glass shatter. generous aquifer in this part of Tor- history before the Tagawa purchase. Enter Tagawa. rance County. “Perfect conditions for Most of the greenhouses on the site According to Charlie McKenzie, a large greenhouse operation.” were built in 1998 for the purpose production manager of Estancia’s Currently, the Estancia facility of growing tomatoes hydroponically, Tagawa operation, buying out-of- supports over 20 acres of green- but they closed in 2000 because of a operation commercial greenhouses houses, which produce a variety of blight. New owners bought the prop- is the preferred way to expand. “There ornamental flowers, vegetables, and erty and began operations in 2002. are so many regulatory hoops to herbs for sale to retail operations A fire shut down the greenhouses jump through if you want to build throughout the region. As a matter again in 2003. Many believed it something new,” he says. “Buying a of fact, if you shop at a Home Depot would become a deteriorating curi- place that has already met the crite- or Costco in New Mexico, chances osity, or maybe a place kids would ria is a huge advantage.” An added are your produce is Tagawa grown.

32 EAST MOUNTAIN LIVING|SPRING/SUMMER 2015 McKenzie, whose duties are the greenhouse equivalent of a man- ufacturing plant manager, was introduced to Tagawa through an internship while he was working to- ward a degree in horticulture at the University of Georgia. After he re- turned to school for his final year, Tagawa offered him a permanent position. “The internship was very special,” he says. “I learned every aspect of a commercial greenhouse business.” Though McKenzie has his de- gree—and his dream job—he has no intention of resting on his laurels. Instead, he has jumped head first “VOTED #1 ON NEW MEXICO’S into some innovative horticultural techniques, like using “beneficial” BREAKFAST BURRITO BYWAY” insects in the place of pesticides. Pesticides, says McKenzie, are like giving plants chemo. “They’ll live, but compared to plants that have not been exposed to chemicals, they aren’t nearly as robust.” So far, 6

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Lending Requirements Making Sure Your Price is Right bust, are easily getting qualified Most homes sold require a loan One of the most important things with the mortgage company of their of some sort, and it’s the lender who you can do to ensure a quick sale of choice, and are looking at homes all sets the tone for how the transaction your home is to price it correctly. Of over the area and not favoring any progresses. Given the regulatory course, given the market improve- one in particular. changes to the lending industry im- ment of 1–2 percent this year, you They are also educated and doing plemented starting in January 2014, could wait for the market to catch their research, which keeps us real- the requirements for documentation up—but it will still take a while to tors busy answering their questions: are now higher than at any time in the reach those 2006 prices. Truth is, What do we need to know about past. What this means to borrowers unlike, say, the value of your 401K, septic systems and wells? How does is that they must provide paperwork where you can get live updates every the Entranosa Water System work? that documents their income (bank two minutes on your smart phone, What is a well-sharing agreement? deposits, paystubs, etc.), the money you really don’t know the value of Other things they are consid- that will be used for the transaction, your home until you negotiate an ac- ering: What does it cost to haul their credit worthiness, and any debt tual sale with a buyer. water to a property? Does this home they currently may carry. They must Furthermore, there are no two have enough electrical circuits and also provide current copies of their properties alike here in the East enough ducts for the heating and tax returns. Once they provide these Mountains. Just because your neigh- cooling systems? What are the costs documents, everything has to be ver- bor sold his home for a certain dollar for propane and electricity on this ified by whatever sources they came amount doesn’t mean yours has the property? Does the weather in the from: the borrower’s employer(s), same value. Many factors determine East Mountains require me to have the IRS, banks, creditors, etc. the desirability of a home and, in a four-wheel drive vehicle? How is As a result, young buyers might turn, its actual market price. And water diverted away from the house have a difficult time adjusting to the forget those websites with valuation during a strong rainstorm? How has amount of time and attention required tools—they are not accurate here. the drought impacted the region? to keep such extensive records, while New Mexico is one of only 13 states What are well drilling and well ser- more established borrowers might left that are “non-disclosure states” vicing companies doing to help consider the procedures invasive. But when it comes to real estate prices. homeowners who want to extend the it’s the new reality in today’s market. So if you want to sell quickly, start life of their well? How do I prevent The good news is that rates con- now. Ensure your home is in tip-top my water pipes from freezing during tinue to stay low to encourage both shape, stage it well (homes with fur- the winter? What should I consider if home purchases and refinances. niture sell faster than empty houses), I want to buy a horse property? 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