The state highways are 4 lanes and like Interstates without the traffic. Back roads all the way to Roswell and Carlsbad.
Another thing to see in Santa Fe is the Loretto Chapel. It has this historic spiral staircase that is held up by faith, magic, air. At any rate, it supposedly should not be standing from an engineering stand point but it is.
https://www.lorettochapel.com/info/staircase