New Mexico

Route 66 with Kevin I

And here is the second day of the Route 66 trip. Same starting point – sunny Union County – this time even earlier in the dawn. Button copy in New Mexico is very hard to find. This example, on old US-66, might be the only one left in the state. What do we have here? Classic state-named US shields … put up sometime between September and November of 2009! In [...]

By |2018-01-17T14:18:08-05:00April 7th, 2010|Interstate Highways, New Mexico, Texas, U. S. Highways, Weather|3 Comments

Route 66 with Kevin 0

Pictures of a trip from November, 2009. Kevin Trinkle and I poked around some of Colorado before taking a trip through New Mexico, down to Route 66, and eastward to Texas. Here is the first day, and it involves no Route 66 whatsoever. Just Colorado and New Mexico. Here’s sunset on the first day, on Johnson Mesa – New Mexico state highway 72 just east of Raton. […]

By |2018-01-17T14:18:26-05:00April 4th, 2010|Colorado, Interstate Highways, New Mexico, U. S. Highways, Weather|Comments Off on Route 66 with Kevin 0

Antelope Canyon III

And, finally, we have the third part of the trip – from Antelope Canyon to New Mexico. Daniel Brim and I, driving a cargo van… always fun exploring narrow old roads in a big old vehicle like that! Here’s a 1950s Indian road sign! Complete with peeling numbers on some of the oldest engineer grade (does not fade to green) scotchlite I have ever seen. They invented the stuff in [...]

By |2018-01-17T14:25:21-05:00December 30th, 2009|Arizona, Colorado, Interstate Highways, New Mexico, U. S. Highways, Utah|2 Comments

revenge of puffin road

Today (yes, literally, these photos were taken this morning) we go up to the top of Sierra Grande, the mountain that I’ve had in the background of many photos. There is in fact a road that goes up there. Is it a good road? No, no it is not. One of the better sections of the road from highway 64/87 up to the top of the mountain. […]

By |2018-01-17T14:28:32-05:00November 26th, 2009|New Mexico|3 Comments

roadgeeks and weatherfans

the best of Union County’s thunderstorm season (second half, which is when I got here!), and a couple odds and ends. Taken throughout September and October of 2009. Lightning just after sunset, and my favorite picture of the season. It was dark enough that I needed only moderately quick reflexes to try to catch a lightning bolt, as the exposure lengths were approaching 1/8 second (this one was 3/16 I [...]

By |2018-01-17T14:28:58-05:00November 23rd, 2009|New Mexico, Weather|7 Comments

three corners

Photos from Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma (and the single point in which they intersect) from September, 2009 – and some New Mexico, and a really, really small quantity of Texas. This is the New Mexico/Colorado/Oklahoma triple point. Dale takes this opportunity to breathe some refreshing Oklahoma air, and drink some water he has brought with him from New Mexico – and park in two states at the same time. Dale [...]

By |2018-01-17T14:29:24-05:00November 22nd, 2009|Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, U. S. Highways|13 Comments

New Mexico (like Utah, only different)

More from my New Mexico trip of November 2008, including some actual New Mexico this time. On the mountain pass between Chama, New Mexico, and Cumbres, Colorado – both states call this one highway 17. The sky was dark blue, just after sunrise – the snow is that bright, and there is just that little atmosphere, at 10,000 feet. Sunset over the plains of northeast New Mexico. Old US-64 (now [...]

live from sunny Union County

it's my blog and I'll post random photos if I want to! two from sunset, tonight here in northeastern New Mexico. some sign-oriented photos soon ... going to be making a small trip this weekend with fellow AARoads contributor Kevin Trinkle; hopefully some good New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas photos will result from that.

By |2018-01-17T14:33:10-05:00November 6th, 2009|New Mexico, Weather|2 Comments
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