New Mexico
Grants, NM II
We made the 363 mile drive from Amarillo, TX to Grants, NM in about 7 hours. Grants was our last stop before returning to our temporary home in Apache Junction, AZ. We stayed at a very nice KOA that even offered dinners or deserts delivered to your door. This KOA was surrounded by miles of…
Read MoreGrants, NM
On the way to Missouri, we stayed at the Junkyard on 66 Brewery, a Harvest Host location. They had a large dirt parking lot out back and accepts up to 15 RV’rs at a time. Henry, the owner, met us as we arrived. He was a veteran who turned this junkyard into a brewery, and…
Read MoreTown & Country RV – Roswell, NM
We drove from Deming, NM to Roswell, NM, which we expected to be a boring flat drive with nothing but desert in between. Who knew there was a 7,500 foot mountain pass between the two? We got snowed on at the top, but fortunately it didn’t accumulate on the highway, only on the surrounding terrain. …
Read MoreLesCombes Winery – Deming, AZ
We had a leisurely morning and left Ellen & Bernie’s about 8am. We drove through a rain the entire way to Deming, NM. It rained and hailed so hard at one point, we almost pulled over. We also saw an overturned SUV in the median that happened a couple of minutes before us. A not-so-gentle…
Read MoreLas Cruces, New Mexico
We arrived in Las Cruces around 4pm, and of course, it was hot! We stayed at the Rio Grand Winery, a Harvest Host location. There was a great jazz band playing when we pulled in. We enjoyed their music for a couple of hours, drank some wine and had a delicious meal from the food…
Read MoreDay 4 – Tucumcari, NM
We woke up at 4am, left the distillery at 5am. It was dark, perfect for the neon on Route 66. We saw some nostalgic places before the sun came up. Kingman, AZ to Tucumcari, NM was the best drive so far, 75 degrees and no rain all day! Lot’s of cactus. We felt like high…
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