Hampton Inn Tucumcari Nm

... This one was called the "Devil's Rope Museum". It was a museum all about barbed wire. Now if your thinking, "Barbed Wire? What could there be to see?". A LOT! I've never seen so many examples of barbed wire.   There must have been thousands of examples of different ways to form this stuff. Not to mention several different sculptures made from barbed wire as well as the different machinery used ...

For the romantic, the legend says that Tocum lost the battle for Cari's hand, at which point Cari killed herself. Her father the chief, distraught over this turn of events, also killed himself saying "Tocum-Cari, Tocum-Cari". It's probably some mundane thing like lookoutpoint, or buffalo hunt, but for the dreamer in us. Having left Ok City early this ...

... beans and corn were the home-spun meal Jose Luis was looking for, while the Chicken fajitas hit the spot for me. Interesting that this was another dry town, no wine, beer, just ice tea or sodas. We will be heading through Arizona tomorrow with our last stop before we arrive in Las Vegas

... continued around further to take in a loop road and a few water crossing sites where the road is flooded in flash floods when it rains. The route was a circular of 16 miles and took as back along the other side of the canyon and as remarked by the travellers, as you look back on the views we had passed, it gives a totally different aspect, with the light hitting the beautiful rocks and canyon rim reflecting numerous colours. What a great place to be given an option to visit ...

... and the other half driving east to see historic Route 66, we were able to drive straight to Tucumcari. We ate at a diner, cancelled our reservation at the Blue Swallow Motel, and checked out Teepee Curios. We even had time for the Mesa Dinosaur Museum, which was a lot of fun. With plenty of time still left in the day, we started out from Tucumcari back west. At this point, we were both really feeling the ...

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 ...

... white kitty friend and brought him inside. The spiders venom won't harm me but could be fatal to kitty according to some web articles. I am off to Oklahoma City tomorrow to see a wonderful friend I met in 1974. Yeah Diane. Then off to Ft. Worth area to meet with my cousin and see my niece for the first time. Then Tennessee and hopefully Boone.

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 ...