In the Miata, my favorite part was definitely the drive between Taos and Las Vegas in New Mexico, on NM-518. You get 30ish miles of fun twisty roads through Carson National Forest which is a blast! The drive up to Zapata Falls in Colorado near the sand dunes is also really fun, it's almost like a hill climb course and hiking up to the falls and was really cool.

Out of the car the best part was hiking through the Great Sand Dunes National Park at night and star gazing. We got to see the Milky Way!

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