We left Santa Fe driving past the exit towards Los Alamos, past Palomas Peak with its many antennas on top, and (another) Dead Man’s Curve into Albuquerque – a strange junkie/ zombie town at the entrance that changes into University-type landscape, cleaner looking and nicer. After Albuquerque, the landscape changed…

First point of interest was Cuervo, a nearly-ghost town which was split in two by the i40. Then we drove past a few ruins and small bridges under the interstate to eventually reach Santa Rosa to see Bozo’s wrecking yard and museum (and meet Bozo to hear about his latest…

First destination for the day was Palo Duro Canyon, but we didn’t get to drive for very long as most of it was closed due to recent heavy rain, so we only saw a very small part. We went to a couple of viewpoints, saw a farrier who was fitting…

We woke up to a beautiful morning after the dark, threatening skies last night. We had breakfast at another American joint called Big Splash Burgers, where they had the Big Kahuna challenge on offer: six cheeseburgers (each with 2 slices of cheese, 2 slices of bacon, and a 1/3 lb…

This was another day of up and down roads. The first stop was in Chandler, at the house of Jerry McClanahan, the EZ 66 guide author. We learned not only about his experiences with / on route 66, but also about what they do in case of tornado alert (his…