Socorro
Travel Blogs from Socorro, United States
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Listening to the other half!
... , 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
... 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 ...
Are we mad?
... 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 ...
Socorro
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 ...
On the Road Again! Apache Junction AZ-Socorro, NM
... 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 ...
We got our Kick Ol' Route US66 & Petrified forest
... liked their souvenirs more than we did. Extremely expensive. We took U.S. 180 all the way from the Petrified Forest to Socorro, NM before calling it a night. Rush hour on the 180 was about 2 dozen cars from about 3pm till 7pm on this ...
Last Stop
After a great summer...this was the end. Started out in Denmark and ending here in Socorro, NM. It was a great time and even the camp spot in Socorro was quite nice. No complaints at all...The only way it could have been better was to ...
CARL SAGAN WAS HERE.
... our way out of Las Cruses and White Sands National Monument (and Missile Test Range) we headed north up I-25 to Socorro - another small town with characteristic small town feel. We were headed to see one of modern astronomy's great ...
New Mexico
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 ...
girl in a flatbed For slowing down to take a look
... said hey, Marty would do it without a tent or sleeping bag..so once again we drove through snow, high wind and arrived in Socorro....with dinner at a local brewery and my buzz was real nice after two great local beers....one a pale ale and the other ...
Working Our Way North
... hungry 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 ...
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