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Visting the other Vegas
Our port of call for the night. The other Vegas. Our first stop in New Mexico, but definitely not our last.
Driving thru the Mountains
We left Raton NM this morning and headed west toward the mountains. The first town was Cimarron. It is famous for being the place where the Philmont Scout ranch is located. We drove up the Cimarron Canyon toward Eagles Nest. The canyon is beautiful. I took several photos. There had been rain there recently and the stream was really running. Eagles …
Three days to the mesa
We conclude day three of our Western Swing by pulling into Las Vegas, New Mexico before sundown. LV NM is a far cry from the Vegas strip. It's a quiet, kind of down-at-the heels small town in northeastern New Mexico, home of New Mexico Highlands University, where Carolyn began her college career. Here Teddy Roosevelt and the Roughriders began their training, culminating in the alleged attack up San Juan Hill. And Easy Rider was filmed here (in part).
We left ...
The Indians Lose Again
... you about him. The paintings are rather interesting--the big one over the bar has quite a sense of humor.
The lunch was also excellent. I had a grilled roast beef and Swiss cheese sandwich with roasted red pepper. I would definitely eat there again, and I'm likely to recreate the sandwich at home!
After lunch, we went off to the National Park to learn about a Pueblo that was established in the mid-15th century and ...
The Bride Wore Cowboy Boots
... years after we left. (We were 1983-1987 and they were 1990-1998. They lived in Urbana not far from where we lived, actually.) Not only that, but they now live in Virginia. At this point, I was ready to hear that they are our neighbors down the street, which they are, but the street is 64 and you have to go a long way down it, and then 81, to get there, as they are in Blacksburg, where her husband is a professor at Virginia Tech. Not ...