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A memorable day of discovery along Highway 54

by JimReed January 3, 2003 Travelogues

Technorati Tags: southeast,travelogue,Lincoln County,Otero County,Highway 54,driving,Three Rivers,petroglyphs

The article on New Mexico’s Three Rivers Petroglyphs, I must admit, was difficult to write. For several days now I have gone over it and found that the facts, the sequence of events, the history and overall “flow” of the story have been tasking. Perhaps it’s because I honestly [...]

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Afoot in the Boot Heel

by Carla DeMarco January 3, 2003 Travelogues

Technorati Tags: Lordsburg,Ghost towns,Shakespeare,Steins,southwest,Hildago County

When concrete, crime and commotion drive you away in search of renewal, a trek to New Mexico’s upper boot heel can cleanse the spirit of sludge and jitters. Out in the desert, your only pressure is a gust of wind flapping your clothes and tousling your tresses. Your music, piped over [...]

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Southern New Mexico — a first-time visitor’s experience

by DonLovell January 3, 2003 Travelogues

Technorati Tags: travelogue,southeast,southwest,Lincoln County,Grant County,driving

In October of 1997 I was sent from my office in Kansas City to Carrizozo, New Mexico to perform environmental inspection services and onsite management of the demolition work being done on the Union Pacific railroad yard facilities. The former crew quarters were to be disassembled and moved and the old [...]

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The North Star Road

by DrusillaClaridge December 21, 2002 Travelogues

Technorati Tags: Sierra County,Grant County,travelogue,scenic drive,drive,drives,scenic drives,travelogues,Gila,Gila Wilderness

The North Star Road (Forest Route 150 on the Gila National Forest map), an unpaved road connecting New Mexico’s Mimbres Valley with Wall Lake, has an undeserved bad reputation. On checking with the Mimbres Ranger Station , I was cautioned to use a high clearance vehicle. [...]

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Stopping to see the New Mexico Sunrise

by DonLovell December 21, 2002 Travelogues

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When traveling around New Mexico during my work there last year, I found myself spending a good portion of every drive I made pulled over to the side of the road taking pictures. It seems that around every corner and just over every hill there is a commanding view with amazing [...]

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Shrines along the Highway — Roadside Memorials

by JulyMcClure December 21, 2002 Travelogues

Technorati Tags: travelogue,travelogues,road trip,road trips,southwest,Luna County
Travelers on NM Highway 11 between Deming and Columbus have no doubt seen the shrines that dot the sometimes lonely stretch of road along the way. Several of these shrines are quite elaborate, embellished with flowers, icons and carvings, while others – a wooden cross with a hand-lettered name and [...]

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