Econo Lodge Tucumcari

... he was the Fonz!   The 60s room was very hippie. Black lights, glow paint and a VW van.   The last room was made to look like a drive in movie theater and showed a documentary on Route 66. Apparently you can't drive the entire road anymore because some of it has been over grown by fields.   We got back in the car and headed into Texas. No sooner had we entered than we found another interesting ...

Got an early start today on our way to New Mexico. We travelled from Dallas to Oklahoma City, then on to Los Alamos Texas and finally made it into Tucumcari just before nightfall. Hungry we asked about a restaurant and were directed to Dean's Place where the meatloaf, mashed potato ...

... Horses. This took away the natural mobility of the natives and thus to an ultimate surrender. In the battle 5 natives were killed and 1 US Calvary soldier, with a few wounded from both sides. It was the beginning of the end of the "Indian Wars". The Comanche's were relocated to reserves. One of the chiefs was quite quick to adapt to the "White man ways" and leased a lot of the Reservation territory to Cattle ranchers and so earned an income for the tribe that was ...

... of the dry air and heat. The land was flat and barren, and the sun was unrelenting. Even though we hadn't spend much time outside of the air conditioned car, I was ready to see a tree or two. The only tree in sight was in an abandoned town by the side of the road, so we stopped to check it out. Nothing much is happening in Cuervo anymore, and it was a spooky place. I was happy to get back on the road to Santa Fe for dinner.

Now we officially started our Route 66 self-guided tour. We began from Tucumcari, NM with the hopes of checking out their dinosaur museum. Unfortunately, the museum was closed due to it being a Monday as well as a holiday. The rest of the city was not impressive so we decided to move on back to TX via the historic Route 66.

Of all the neon signs along 66, this one is probably the most famous. Even people not that familiar with 66 might recognize this one. Unfortunatley, we pulled in for the night and the sign is turned off. We new that the hotel was closed until spring but hoped it ...

It is a beautiful cool morning in New Mexico. The winds died down sometime during the night. I turned on the air conditioner to create white noise so I could sleep. Right now I am watching the cows make their way across a field in front of my cabin. The calves are kicking up their heels to play. I ...

... evening I am in a little KOA cabin in Tucumcari New Mexico. While Sebastian was out defending his territory from another cat, I had a local visitor. A tarantula, I will try to send the photos of this shy creature. It wanted to come right in and say hello but quickly ran away when I went toward it. I went and got kitty away from his black ...

Today started with a monster parade. The whole town turned out for this event. Marty got to ride on the 1957 "float" (A semi with folding chairs). Photos to follow. The school mascot is a rattlesnake, and he got to ride in the car with the parade marshal. They rode around town for about an hour and one-half. They must have covered ...