Walkabout With Wheels Blog: November 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

A Visit to Bernie Sanders Campaign Center in Silver City, New Mexico

This is the first 2016 Presidential

Headquarters that Eric & I have

seen during this looong

presidential campaign season.

This Campaign Center is

the first one established

for Bernie Sanders in

New Mexico.

Senator Sanders does not have a Super Pac, providing nearly unlimited funding to his campaign. He is running second to Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the three way race for the Democratic nomination with Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. Clinton and O'Malley have Super Pacs.

Thirteen of the fourteen remaining Republican presidential presidential candidates have Super Pacs. Republican front runner, Donald Trump, ordered Super Pacs set up for his campaign to disband.

The Campaign Center has

brochures on Senator Sanders'

progressive economic

campaign issues.

A Silver City resident is paying the rent on this space. It is not a Sanders campaign expense.

Money raised from
purchases here go
directly to the
Sanders Campaign.

Items for sale include: Tee Shirts,

Hats, Mugs, Campaign Buttons,

Bumper Stickers & Lawn Signs.

There are two different
lawn signs to choose
from.

Eric shared his political campaign stories with Sanders Campaign workers. This 15 year old did his homework before volunteering for President Richard M. Nixon's Presidential Campaign in 1972. He visited the Nixon and George McGovern Campaign Headquarters, in Schenectady, New York, before making his decision. The girls working at the Re-elect Nixon Campaign Headquarters were cuter than the girls working at McGovern Campaign Headquarters. Eric became a regular volunteer at Nixon Headquarters.

Eric developed his phone skills while calling voters and asking for support for the President. When fumbling with names during phone calls to voters, Eric would end these calls with, "Vote for McGovern."

Everyone remembers being 15 years old.

Our first 2016 Presidential
Campaign souvenirs

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery in Silver City, New Mexico

Friends, Dave and Kathy, introduced us to craft beers when we were camping together in Virginia in 2012. Now Eric and I search for breweries as we travel.

Let's see what Little Toad
Creek Brewery &
Distillery offers...

Located in the Silver City Historic District, Little Toad Brewery and Distillery is located in the Isaac Cohen Building, built in 1881.

The first floor rooms

provide a series of

different sized rooms.

This upholstered furniture
& coffee table provide an
informal seating area
nest to a front window.

"The Toad" hosts musical

groups.

Intimate seating

for two...

Comfortable seating

& a compact bar

I wonder if this room is

used for private parties.

The main bar

Beers on Tap...

Egg Nog & Irish Coffee

Beer in Bottles & Cans

I like taking pictures of

beer tap handles.

Each one has a

"personality."

A new way to look

at beauty...

Little Toad Creek

small batch

distilled liquors

Eric samples six beers: Whatever Wheat, Amphibian Amber, Santa Fe Brewing's Nut Brown Ale, Big Ditch Brown Ale, Pendejo Porter, Stinky Dave Stout Nitro. Pendejo Porter is his favorite. The Stinky Dave Stout Nitro is very smooth. It needs to be enjoyed shortly after it is poured, before it "flattens out."

I sipped on a glass of De La Cruz Cuvee, my first. It was delicious... Fruity and smooth....

"The Toad" has an extensive lunch menu. Several rooms filled with diners while Eric and

I sat at the bar.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Spending the Afternoon in Historic Downtown Silver City, New Mexico

The sign above the Silva

Creek Bridge welcomes

Eric & me to Historic

Downtown Silver City.

Town of Silver City
Municipal Court
Building

Brightly painted store fronts

on Yankie Street

Raven Song

The Place

Moonstruck Art

Yankie Creek Coffee House

The Silco Theater is

getting a makeover.

Eric and I are in the heart of the Silver City Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. This district has buildings from the mid 1800s through the early 1900s.

The GILA Theater now

houses The Rock Center

& The Silver Clipper.

This dog waits patiently
for its humans to
return.

Eric & I admire this

1960 Dodge Matador.

In need of restoration, it reminds us of a time when cars were made of steel & nearly a block long.

It sits next to Cafe Un Mundo,

located in an old gas station.

This down spout has

been Yarn Bombed.

This colorful artwork is
part of the 2006
MRAC Mural Project.

I wonder if the Yarn

Bomber got materials

at Yada Yada Yarn.

Eric likes the colorful buildings on North Bullard Street.

The Hub Plaza has a
1960s feel.

Somebody's watching you...

Vicki's Eatery is in the

former Elks Lodge.

Little Toad Brewery
& Distillery

City Hall

Bernie 2016
Campaign Center
opened in September.

Tile decorates the risers

of this stairway on

West Broadway.

I think this was the

Opera House.

The Grant County Courthouse

is an Art Deco style building.

I like this brick home

with its substantial

porch.

Eric patiently poses for me

next to this wine bottle

wall on North Cooper Street.

A Yarn Bombed
mailbox

Saint Vincent De Paul

Catholic Church reminds

me of a church in

Granada,Nicaragua.

Eric admires the second
floor patio on the Silver
City Daily Press Building.

Eric thinks that Saint Vincent

Parish Hall is an old factory.

Enough walking...

It's time for some BEER
at Little Toad Brewery
& Distillery.

Eric & I Visit the Bataan Memorial in Santa Clara, New Mexico

Eric turned right off
US Route 180 & drove
to Bataan Memorial
Recreational Park in
Santa Clara.

The Memorial's mural was

multi-year project painted

by Cobre High School

students from Fall 2008

to Spring 2010.

The Memorial honors Grant County soldiers from the New Mexico 200th National Guard Coast Artillery who fought in the Battle of Corregidor, were captured by the

Japanese Army & forced to march 65 miles to prison camps.

Students from Cobre High School researched newspaper interviews of survivors after being rescued by Army Rangers on January 30, 1945 and returning home to New Mexico. Students also interviewed two elderly survivors of the Bataan Death March for this project .

Friday, November 27, 2015

Looking for Fresh Tortillas at Peppers Supermarket Deming, New Mexico

Laura, the stylist who cut my hair at Supercuts Hair Salon, told me about locally made, fresh tortillas sold at Peppers Supermarket. If she doesn't have the time to make tortillas, Laura gets "really fresh, tasty tortillas" at Peppers.