Tag: New Mexico

Santa Rosa, New Mexico to Towaoc, Colorado

This morning, before leaving Santa Rosa, we stopped to see The Blue Hole. It is a spring fed pool almost 80 feet deep. It is used for swimming and scuba diving.

The Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, New Mexico
The Blue Hole sign

Just before we left New Mexico we stopped at Aztec Ruins National Monument. We watched the movie and did the half mile trail through the Great House. The national monument a large group of big structures and houses built by the ancestors of the native Americans in this area. It was built about 1100 AD.

A circular kiva that originally had a domed wooden roof.
A reconstructed Great Kiva
Inside one of the buildings
Another view of the buildings. I don’t have a picture that really gives you scale.

When we crossed into Colorado the skies became threatening as we passed through some beautiful terrain. It rained hard for a few minutes just before we got to Our destination.

Near the Colorado / New Mexico Border
One of several “towers we saw”

Tonight we are spending the night at Ute Mountain Casino.

Winters, Texas to Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Today we continues west across Texas. We stopped in Lubbock at the American Windmill Museum. It was fabulous. they have more than 160 windmills on display, a big collection of miniatures, and several model train layouts. The captions and descriptions were all very interesting.

Outside the Windmill Museum
They have a 6000 square foot mural and give you a seek and find list of things to find in the mural
All the windmills in the mural were identified.
A double windmilll
The main display hall
They had a big collection of miniatures
And all kinds of big and small model train layouts

We also stopped at a couple of road side signs and at Billy the Kids grave. Tonight we are in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.

A train derailment and massive explosion happened here during WW II
Billy the Kid’s grave in Fort Sumner Cemetery.