New Mexico meanderings

When we left Dallas we backtracked to Amarillo and then drove I-40 west to just east of Albuquerque instead of heading south & west to El Paso. It was too hot! We dropped down to US 60 at Moriarty and were able to stay in the mountains in New Mexico and on into Arizona.

It was a beautiful drive, down to Socorro and west up to the San Agustin Plain. It has been raining here a lot, too and everything is so green. There, out in the middle of nowhere,  we came across the VLA telescope (VLA Telescope webpage) VLA stands for Very Large Array and is 27 radio antennas. Remember the movie Contact? That’s what it looks like. Amazing! Then a little farther down the road we drove through Pie Town and yes they are famous for pie, but the café was closed, maybe permanently. (Pie Town webpage) The whole town was pretty much deserted, but the outdoor museum of old oil rigs and drilling equipment was very cool.

We spent the night at the best rest stop ever….8 miles east of the Arizona state line…it’s like a picnic area in the trees but with pull throughs! Check out the sunset! (New Mexico Meandering)