Category: New Mexico
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Day 48, Santa Fe, Taos, NM, May 21st
174.4 RV miles today, 7,558 total Santa Fe is recognized as one of the most intriguing cities in the nation & earned the nickname “The City Different” due to its unique architecture, as well as for its long and varied history. The name Santa Fe means “holy faith” in Spanish. It was voted the fourth most popular travel…
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Day 47, Shelby Flies Home from Albuquerque, 9000 Mile RV check-up, Santa Fe, NM, May 20th
236.2 RV miles today, 7,383.6 total We left the Newmans at Rehoboth for Albuquerque to drop Shelby off at the airport to fly back to Fayetteville, NC (She arrived safely this night). Then we went by the Mercedes Benz dealership to go ahead & get “Thumper’s” 10,000 mile check-up a little early. We drove up…
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Day 46, Mesa Verde National Park, CO, Rehoboth, NM with Newmans, May 19th
200 RV miles today, 7,147.4 total We spent the day at Mesa Verde National Park. We took the Cliff Palace & Balcony guided tours & the Spruce Tree House hike. The park was created in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt, to protect some of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in the world. The Spanish term Mesa Verde translates into English as…
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Day 11, Rehoboth, NM, Petrified Forest, Sedona, AZ, April 14th
271 miles today, 2,784.7 miles total Sunday morning we attended church services where Ana & Jonathan Newman performed along with a native Navajo flutist. We had lunch in Gallup, New Mexico at the Route 66 Railway Cafe before heading into Arizona’s Petrified Forest enroute to Sedona. The petrified trees we saw were present when dinosaurs…
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Day 10, Rehoboth, New Mexico, April 13th
149 miles today, 2,513.7 miles total We headed west from Albuquerque in gusty winds 20-30 MPH & stopped by El Malpais National Monument to see the ancient lava flows from multiple volcanoes erupting in the ancient past. You can see one of the black lava fields in our m, b & t picture. We made…
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Day 9, Amarillo, TX to Albuquerque, NM, April 12th
306.2 miles today, 2,368.7 miles total We left Amarillo this morning almost having traded our RV in for the one with Beth in the picture!?! Looks like something the Clampetts would have on the Beverly Hillbillies. We both drove some coming to rest in West Albuquerque at American RV Park in time for the gorgeous…