Historic Route 66 Motel Tucumcari

Today is our last day of traveling before we arrive in Santa Fe tomorrow. We left this morning and headed out toward Texas. Within an hour, we came across a museum that was about the historic Route 66.   Brandon has always wanted to drive the historic Route 66 so this was the perfect opportunity for us to get a taste of what it might have been l...

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...

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, green beans and corn were the home-spun meal Jose Luis was look...

Day 171 Amarillo - Texas - Tucumcari - New Mexico The night was another cold one, (gee Danial thanks for the comment! ) frost on the ground when we woke up this morning; but a beautiful sky with the sun burning off the frost rather quickly. Packing up as quick as we could, before the frost bite took a nasty toll on our fingers, we set off to vis...

We had planned on leaving Roswell early and picking up Ti in Albuquerque this morning, but just as we were packing up we received a call from Ti that he had missed his flight. This news interfered with my carefully laid out itinerary, but it actually improved our day. Instead of rushing to Albuquerque, we were able to take our time and watch Ve...

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 would still be on. We'll have to settle on seeing it in the daylight. So we are par...

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 am preparing mentally and physically for another...

Dear friends & family, It has been a most interesting day. I found out last night I was not too far from the Petrified forest. I have had a longing to visit there since I was a kid and someone introduced me to petrified wood. I have included several photos from the Petrified forest as well as a few others from my days journey. Enjoy. This ev...

Hello, Tuesday-We went to Red Rock and Bryce Canyon. Trailer was fixed so we were back on the road last night as 7:40pm. we only drove for about an hour then set up camp for the night. another 100 degree day. wednesday-we drove into Moab set up camp then went to see Canyon Lands and Arches National Parks. The scenery the last 2 days was amazing ...