state nicknames

New Mexico is officially nicknamed, "The Land of Enchantment".

Okay.

Unofficial nicknames include (but I will see to it are not limited to the following):
Cactus State
The Colorful State
New Andelusia
Land of Sunshine
The Outer Space State (YES)
The Spanish State (I WILL LEARN)

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames

(note that New York is the only state on the list with only one nickname... what up with that?)

More facts! Albuquerque is known as Bee'eldííldahsinil in Navajo. Oooooooooo

and, it is home to the world's largest hot air balloon festival, which is next week, which means I get to go! They fly hundreds of glowing balloons at night and everything oh man it is going to be awesome.