They get to pick any book priced under six dollars and keep it for free. I listened as a welcoming group got poetic over topics ranging from love to politics to the politics of love.
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All this happens because bookstore owner Rhonda Brittan fell in love with Truth or Consequences when she first visited in on a cross-country tour of small art towns and opened a bookstore and coffee shop a few years later. While everyone is welcome, laptops are not so much: Rhonda prefers that people snuggle with a book or chat with other patrons. The southernmost portion traverses the brown hills near the river, which offer the best view of Turtleback Mountain. Trail brochures are available at the Geronimo Springs Museum. Inside, the focus is on New Mexicans who served.
Displays highlight individuals from the local area and include their ribbons, service history, life stories, and photos. Hotels, restaurants, stores, and even spas display art by local artists.
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Look for the public art piece Joy —a steer made of recycled metal by assemblage artist R. William Winkler—at the corner of Main and Pershing. Time your visit right by coming on the second Saturday of any month, when Art Hop ignites the evening hours. Gateway to Adventure The elegant Sierra Grande Lodge and Spa was the best place in town to trick-or-treat when we were kids—they gave whole candy bars!
Hard to top that, but the Truth or Consequences Community Theatre manages to do so. I attended a rehearsal for the one-man show entitled Vincent , based on the life of Vincent Van Gogh. Director Carol Anton has overseen plays for the theater since , one year after it was founded.
An all-volunteer crew builds the sets, makes the costumes, hosts mystery dinners, and often writes the scripts. Performances are at the Civic Center.
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Look for the Old Time Fiddlers Hall of Fame display, lauding fiddlers from around the state and country. Day-Tripping When I was learning to drive, back in high school, the roads leading to communities around T or C were my practice courses. To the west is Hillsboro , a peaceful village in the foothills of the Black Range Mountains that was the seat of Sierra County before Hot Springs claimed the title. Go south from there to visit the BLM-managed ghost town of Lake Valley , then drive a short distance to answer the siren song of Hatch green chile.
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The historic towns of Cuchillo and Monticello lie to the north. Or you could visit Chloride and its Pioneer Store Museum, showcasing the inventory of an authentic 19th-century mercantile. It happened a couple of years ago, when I was hurriedly driving through town to outrun a storm.
I saw two men sitting on a bench downtown, kicking back and enjoying that precursor to New Mexico storms when the air steeps itself in the fragrances of the desert. The sight reminded me that there might be good reason to slow down here. Some of the best things this town has to offer can be found in its smallest moments.
These are T or C moments. Subscribe to the magazine. The Geronimo Springs Museum, for instance, features old windmills, Native American art, and wooden figurines. Past the historic WPA-built downtown are murals, a bull statue, and a war memorial with an eagle standing atop a globe on one leg. Sign up for our newsletter and get the best of Atlas Obscura in your inbox. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Atlas Obscura and our trusted partners use technology such as cookies on our website to personalise ads, support social media features, and analyse our traffic.
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Edwards visited the town during the first weekend of May for the next 50 years.
This event was called "Fiesta" and included a beauty contest, a parade, and a stage show. The city still celebrates Fiesta each year during the first weekend of May.
The parade generally features area celebrities such as the Hatch Chile Queen. Fiesta also features a dance in Ralph Edwards Park. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of The summer season from April to June is very dry and generally hot with large diurnal temperature variation , giving way in July to the monsoon season which remains very hot — and is more uncomfortable due to the hotter nights — but is much more humid and rainfall from thunderstorms is frequent. The winter season from October to March has pleasantly mild and sunny days and cold to very cold nights, with very occasional rainfall from extratropical cyclones.
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On average over the year Precipitation is generally scarce apart from monsoonal storms. The wettest month on record has been July with 6. Snowfall is extremely rare, with a median of zero and mean of 5. Truth or Consequences hosts several local hot springs. The combined flow of the hot springs complex in Truth or Consequences is estimated at 99 liters 3. The Carrie Tingley Hospital for children with physical disabilities, which has since moved to Albuquerque , used the state money to create a physical therapy program.
The local Senior Citizen's Center benefits from a geothermal space heating system. As of the census of , there were 7, people, 3, households, and 1, families residing in the city.
The population density was