Having grown up and lived pretty much my whole life in the Mountain West, I pretty much have been camping since I was born, save for a couple months early on. My parents never had a lot of money, so the family getaway was always a long weekend camping up in the mountains of Colorado or New Mexico....near one of dad's or grandpa's favorite fishing holes. It's just what we did, and we did it often.
I never thought a whole lot about it until I was older and had college friends from other parts of the country who had never set foot in a national forest before. It was then that I truly realized how fortunate I was....and I could really appreciate having grown up in an area with so much natural beauty all around.
New Mexico is an outdoorsmen's paradise. In fact, if you aren't into being outdoors and outdoor recreation...or otherwise into Native American culture/art, etc...there's really not much going on. If you love being outdoors, NM is just one massive playground, especially considering there something for just about everyone from desert/high desrt to grass lands to ponderosa forested mountains.....rivers and streams, lakes....whatever your heart desires.