Our day starts on New Mexico
Highway 333 East & Historic
Route 66.
.
The sky darkens as we
approach Edgewood.
The rain obscures Moriarty's
beautiful welcome sign,
adorned with wild horses.
There are clear skies
ahead.
Eric turns left onto
Wind turbines top
this mesa
Laguna del Perro is the largest of a series of salt lakes & ponds.
It is about 150 feet deep. Local Indians collected salt here.
Where are the cows headed
in single file?
I think this microwave tower
doubles as a fire tower.
This section of our drive
is on US Routes 60 & 285.
The speed limit here is
70 miles per hour.
Just one of dozens
of tumbleweeds...
....that cross the highway
during our drive.
The Billy the Kid Museum
& Gift Shop in Fort
Sumner...
Where the violent outlaw
died young...
This town has seen....
...better days.
Ghosttowns..com states that Vaughn isn't a ghost town, yet, but should be. There many abandoned buildings along Interstate 285. The population of 438 is a surprise, after driving through this abandoned looking downtown
Roswell is about an
hour south.
I ask Eric about this long
pile of black material.
He thinks this could be
recycled asphalt.
If it is recycled asphalt, it may be stored here for future use in local road re-pavement projects.
Center is at the top of
our list of places to
visit in Roswell.
We fuel up at Chisum
Travel Center with our
Citibank credit card.
5% off on fuel through
December 31 is a very
good thing.
Where's the Walmart Supercenter? I need to stretch my legs and do some shopping.
When the sign is a white shield with slanty upper corners and black letters, that's called a US Highway. When it's a shield with pointy upper corners, a blue background, white letters, and a red top, that's an Interstate highway. If you keep the difference in mind, you will give better directions to others, and make better use of directions from others.
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