SOUTH 2ND & CENTER ST, TUCUMCARI—The Odeon Theater lights up South 2nd St. in Tucumcari. The rest of the street is pretty dark. This is not on Route 66 that has the world famous neon signs…signs like the Blue Swallow Motel and the TeePee Curio Shop. No, this is old Read more…
ROUTE 66, ALBUQUERQUE—About two dozen of us took a tour of one of Albuquerque’s properties last weekend. Purchased in 2010, the Route 66 Open Space, as it is officially known, consists of 66 acres at the eastern edge of town as it enters Tijeras Canyon. Old Route 66 passes right Read more…
PORTALES, NM—You can’t help but take notice when the movie folks come to town. They were shooting scenes for the movie “Comancheria” last Tuesday in downtown Portales. This made the newspapers as far away as New York City. Actually, the “Comancheria” crew shot scenes in Clovis earlier and were going Read more…
NOB HILL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Some public art is so representative of the spirit of a city it just makes the visitor stop and say, “Let me get a picture of you standing right in front of it!” It is one way we keep track of our lives. Some towns have art Read more…
Let’s talk about math. Today on the high plains of eastern New Mexico we rode four hours. Hills: sure. Headwinds: of course. We rode four hours through it all working like two friends who had survived everything weather could throw at us. But again, let’s talk about the math. In Read more…
SANTA ROSA, NM—Good weather finally showed its sunny face today…with a tail wind. Add another plus: elevations went from about 6400 feet at Las Vegas to 4700 feet in Santa Rosa. Not that there weren’t hill, steep hills…it’s just that there were good, long downhill runs. In fact, even being Read more…
LAS VEGAS, NM—It was still raining in Pecos when we awoke at the monastery. The Benedictine brothers had prepared a nice breakfast of some kind of egg and spinach casserole and melon slices. Mike and I ate with a couple of nuns visiting from Texas. Everybody knew the weather was Read more…
GRANTS, NM—The Ancient Way Cafe didn’t open until 9:00. At 7:00 Mike and I were in the restaurant trying to use their wifi. They didn’t care. In fact, their coffee pot was always full, even if breakfast was another two hours away. I barely managed to get Monday’s report posted Read more…
EL MORRO, NM—I got up at 5:00 AM to post yesterday’s story. The internet connection had returned to Halona Plaza! Breakfast at the Halona Inn is something to behold. They serve darn near anything you could imagine. Their signature dish is blue corn pancakes. Oh yes. But what I liked Read more…