-
New Mexico’s Roadside Attractions: Santa Fe’s Cross of the Martyrs
I’m gonna be Captain Obvious right now and say what everyone has surely been thinking…Sara, you need to get a wide angle lens. Period!! I’m glad we can be honest with each other. Now back to work! My Roadside Attraction & Oddity today is the Cross of the Martyrs in Santa Fe, NM. Have I ever told you guys I have a real love/hate thing going on with Santa Fe? Most of the time I feel like it’s more hate than love…but that’s another blog post for another time. I feel like maybe my attention span is a little short today. One thing I’ll give Santa Fe is that it’s…
-
New Mexico’s Roadside Attractions: Smokey the Bear
As my husband and I were driving, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere, we happened upon a curious scene. You may wonder at what a random (but sturdy) cut out of Smokey the Bear is doing on the side of the road near Lincoln, NM. I wondered too…until I discovered the most amazing random fact! The mountains behind this cut-out is where the real Smokey the Bear was found over 50 years ago!! I’m sure many of you historically savvy people out there who read my blog already know all about the story of the real Smokey the Bear… but for those of you who don’t, below is a…
-
New Mexico’s Roadside Attractions: Cloudcroft’s Mexican Trestle
If you are driving from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft any time soon then you are sure to pass my Roadside attraction: The Cloudcroft Mexican Trestle! The Mexican trestle is a large part of Cloudcroft’s history. Every time I pass through here (and it’s actually pretty often) I always see people stopping to take their pics with the trestle in the background. After reading this article, YOU could be one of those people!! (To see what else there is to do in Cloudcroft, click here!) Directions: The trestle is located off HWY 82, right outside of Cloudcroft. It’s accessible going toward Cloudcroft. If you are coming from Cloudcroft, then drive slow and be prepared to make…
-
New Mexico Roadside Attraction: Albuquerque’s Rattlesnake
Imagine with me, if you will, that you are visiting a foreign city. As you visit all the “it” places that are “must-see’s”, you think to yourself, “Man, I sure would like to see something random and off the beaten path!” Friends, if this is you, and if you are in Albuquerque, NM, than I have just the thing! Now let’s not get all excited before I give you a little info. Our rattlesnake friend (we’ll call him Timmy) lives on a median of a deserted road in the middle of a random area of town – an area that my friend who was a local assured me was the…
-
New Mexico Roadside Attractions: The Roadrunner
For all you people out there who think that the stretch on I-10 through west Texas and southern New Mexico is the most soul-sucking drive known to man…I agree with you! The terrain in New Mexico doesn’t get even remotely interesting until you travel off the Interstate…40 or 10! However, if you are stuck driving this deserted interstate, might as well stop for one of its roadside attractions! So for those of you who like the weird and the quirky, this post is for you! (Like Roadside Attractions?? Click here for others in New Mexico!) This little guy perches atop a hill overlooking Las Cruces, NM. (I would like to think of…
