The 2006 Travels of Richard n Shirley

About 5 miles south from Abiquiu Lake is the last of the mountains and the cliff roads. This is thru the "red rock" area which is also south of the dam.

If you will go back and look at the river pics when we were last here, that is the river below the road.

You can see the pull off in this pic.




Pics dont do justice to the downgrade here. I suspect its 7% of more. It is short but it is steep. The danger is the 60 mph entering the downgrade to two 35 mph curves. The state DOT marked the curves as 35 going up but not down.

The view from here is specticular. There is a narrow valley below and you are coming from a brown, sage desert floor to a valley with a river, farming and green fields. Quite different







Passing thru Espanola, NM is a super walmart. The last one till you get to Farmington, NM or Durango, CO. Make this a stop on your way.

Would you guess a name for this? There is a casino across the highway with the name. There is some dirt parking for trucks and RV's. The buffet was ok here but better than the others we ate at.





DW took this of one of the many overpasses. NM does a much better job of decoration than Texas and most of the other states we have been in.

Along the way, the retaining walls are also so decorated. Breaks the driving bordom.

Do watch out for the bridges in this area. The contractor put the pavement down with some rough "bumps" entering and leaving. Will shake you and the RV up.



Today is laundry day. There is a very nice and cheap laundry here. DW has saved our chore for here so she can get the lower price and do the comforter too. She has washed our throw rugs here. The laundry is new and hence the machines are too.

Later today will be the "movie stars" and the "movie car" posting.

And we have cell service here.

There is more pics in our link to see.

Temp: 57 with pc skies. Forecast is 78 with scattered showers. Should be a nice day.