Vermejo Park Ranch
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Taos, NM to Trinidad, CO
... up. After making it down there was a 70mile strech of road that took me through a lots of wildlife. I saw buffalo, orex(I believe), antelope, elk. It looked like they had jumped the fences because they were all on the side of the road eating. Talk about a scary sight. coming upon a 1200lb buffalo at 70mph. ...
A divided day
Day 18 Taos New Mexico to Raton New Mexico 93.6 miles; 4902 ft climbing
It was a quiet breakfast as we are diminished in number but it seemed more leisurely – perhaps that's because we were cycling only (only!) 93 miles today. The temperature was minus 3 as we set off but with a 20 mile uphill opener, I thought I’d soon warm up. I did up to a point – my feet were still freezing at the top of the climb but, hey, ...
"You Mustn't Go Down to the End of Town...."
... See adorable photos.
In the afternoon, we drove back to Raton, NM, the turning-off point for the Capulin Volcano, where we are staying in a Motel 6 across the highway from yesterday's fun and exciting Subway. "Raton" means "rat" in Spanish, apparently, and one wonders whether there is something in that. This is a very old town, very small, and we set out to find something to do for a couple of hours and failed utterly. ...
Rocky Mountain High....
... made it to the Trinidad Lake State Park in Colorado about 5:30 PM mountain time. Wow this park is really nice. It wasn't what we expected at all. (sure beats boondocking at Walmart) The facilities here are very nice...full showers, laundry service, you name it. I believe the building was recently remodeled. Darrell sure liked it, I couldn't get him out of the bathroom.
Unfortunately, we were not able ...
She hid my glasses
... and the food was definitely not on par with the price. On their menu they did have this saying and I immediately thought of my father in law.
Great Uncle Willy-john Says:
"The Good Lord meant water for fishing, washing and baptisms. There ain't no mention in the Good Book that it was ever supposed to be drunk by people. 100% of all ailments happen to folks who have at some time drank water ...
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Other places to stay in Raton
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Quality Inn
533 Clayton Rd., Raton | 2 star hotelfrom $78 -
Microtel Inn Raton
1640 Cedar Street, Raton | 2 star hotelfrom $70 -
Americas Best Value Inn Sands
300 Clayton Road, Raton | 2 star hotelfrom $66 -
Oasis
1445 S. Second St., Raton | Hotel -
Mesa Vista Motel
726 E. Cook Avenue, Raton | Hotel
