Socorro, United States Travel Blogs

Listening to the other half!
Nov 25, 2007 (25 photos)

... , fairly typical of many we have seen here in NM. Cluttered and remote, you have to wonder what people do.  Socorro, is a town with a long history, the area was inhabited two centuries before Columbus sailed. From the early Pueblo Indians and the ...

That is a very large Array
Dec 11, 2009 (3 photos)

... to be composed of a dozen trailers and a tyre shop and most of the trailers were derelict. Eventually I wound my way into Socorro, NM – which sounds like a place Beckham should buy a house – and joined I25 to Albuquerque. What I listened to.& ...

Are we mad?
Nov 26, 2007 (27 photos)

... tyre fixed, so we overnighted in that friendly spot we've used before and then took advantage of the oversized car wash here in Socorro and took Bree for a shampoo. Can you believe it was only $6? Both he and Toad had become caked in salt from our journey ...

Socorro
Nov 18, 2006

Camp: Caseys Campground. Just as we got used to Texas, we're already in NM, I thought Texas was supposed to be so big. All the cows and corn and cotton are left behind and are replaced with red rock vistas and mesas as far as the eye can see. Of course ...

On the Road Again! Apache Junction AZ-Socorro, NM
Apr 20, 2009

... System to galaxies and quasars at the edge of the observable universe.  The headquarters of NRAO is in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Observatory operates  major radio telescope facilities in Socorro, New Mexico and Green Bank, West Virginia.

Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope Facilty
May 15, 2005 (4 photos)

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GRAND FAILURE - THANKS GPS
Jun 17, 2009

FAILED

Socorro
Aug 2, 2008

Stopped in Socorro at 4:06 P.M.

New Mexico
Jul 20, 2005

We escaped the heat of Arizona and went into Central New Mexico. The drive through the mountains of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico was beautiful. It was somewhat out of our way, but it was worth it to get out of the heat and off of IH-10. We went ...

Aerial view down on Very Large Array in New Mexico
Apr 15, 2007 (2 photos)

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Working Our Way North
Mar 22, 2008

... but Jack kept passing all the restaurants I wanted. I was craving Mexican food. Finally we made it to Sophia's restaurant in Socorro. It was delicious and worth the wait. Socorro has a beautiful, charming and an old feel town square. This is the home ...