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Paysages arides. Terre de Cain. Des paturages deshydrates aux jaunes contrastant avec le bleu immense du ciel. Debut du relief saccade des Montagnes Rocheuses.

On avale pas mal de route mais on decelere car nous sommes au debut de notre "aventure" au pays de Billy the Kid et Pancho Villa... !

Un pique-nique impromptu au ...

... windmills in west Texas, so that was good to see, the cow farms though, not so much. Kinda smelly....

We drove approximately 500 miles today, there isn't much to stop and do or see in these parts of the states. Lots of grass, for miles, and miles. New Mexico is very unique though, even though it's been mostly prairies and grasslands so far, it has completely different colors and trees than we've seen before.

We have been following Route 66 for a ...

... worn down to the metal from the sludge. Upon leaving I noticed mattys tire marks and the dry square from his tent. He didn’t even wait the following day.

I made it to the highway, to the town, and was almost in a panic when most of the houses were deserted. There was a gas station which had a old car with flat tires parked at a tank, a dead coke machine with a crunched can in it and weeds growing through the cracks in the concrete. The rest of the town looked the same ...

I'm sorry, I grew up with Bugs Bunny cartoons and I always think of him taking the wrong turn there. I will some day explore the city and especially I would love to turn north and ride around the Santa Fe area. Don't think it will be this trip since they are expecting high winds and thunderstorms this week.

... of drinkable yogurt before but I had a bottle of blackberry flavored and it was really good. Goat's milk and it products are supposed to be very good for you. Anyway, we recalled old times and got caught up on current times for a few hours and then I hit the road again.

Next on the list was Acoma Pueblo, Sky City. It is on top of a mesa and is one of the oldest continueously inhabited settlements in the country. In the pueblo ...

... but the artistry in the pottery was brilliant.

We started the tour at 4 p.m. A bus took us up an around for approximately an hour and 15 minutes. There were people from neighboring states like Arizona and there were also some people from Russia, Austria, France, and US cities like NYC and Chicago. I wondered how they found New Mexico on their itinerary as this place seems a bit out, I think they were likely staying in Albuquerque.

Most of the tour was walking ...

... or being lectured to) by a Sister in St. Francis Cathedral who pointed out a picture painted by an Peablo Indian who was illiterate of the science at Golgotha where Peter cuts off a soldiers ear with a sword - in the Cathedral painting Peter used a machete. Lesson look deeper to see all the picture (event etc.) to see all. As I am in a very small town supper was a salad at McD's and a very large Iced Tea. Note: Route 66 is getting boring. It ...

... provided funding to establish a beautiful visitor center and employed all the tribal members. So many other tribes are less fortunate and the condition of their environment shows it. The Spanish moved into the area in the 1600's and established a mission at the pueblo. Like all the pueblos in the region, the Indians resisted the conversion and loss of native practices. In 1680, the pueblos of the New Mexico region revolted and threw out their ...

... posted work zone speed limit and was the only one even near the limit. Needless to say, I was glad when we popped out of that bottle neck. There were a couple of options for staying tonight and we chose a KOA again because they are usually clean and it was an easy-off - easy-on for I40. The sites are nice and level, narrow, but not as bad as last night. The campground is situated in a lava field. So we took a walk after setting up to see the weird formations and collect a couple ...

... four days' food. No dramas if I do a bit less, it will just make the other three days harder. Off. Please do keep in touch and send me your news. You can either text the number on the homepage or reply to this blog, which I hope to update from Silver City. If I make there by Wednesday, then I will look to finish at midday next Friday. Then I could make LA by Sunday morning, giving me one day to shop and then even two days' surfing befor I head to the airport on the Wednesday. MT