Mojo Request Mojo Needed. I'm in Nebraska

I'm coming to you from the Circus Circus in beautiful(?) Las Vegas. The drive to Moab was, interesting. Every 1/4 mile or so there was a mesa popping up and in between there was sand and scrub grass. Boring after awhile. Kind of like Nebraska with less green. A ways out of Moab going west it got interesting. Lots of canyons and rock formations. Utah is the windiest state I've ever been in. Climbing the grades was bad enough but doing it into a 50 mph headwind sucked! Finally after Arizona it died out. Now it's hitting Vegas. The palm trees are swaying. Tomorrow, the pawn show, count's customs and general site seeing.
 
Rick 381 said:
I'm coming to you from the Circus Circus in beautiful(?) Las Vegas. The drive to Moab was, interesting. Every 1/4 mile or so there was a mesa popping up and in between there was sand and scrub grass. Boring after awhile. Kind of like Nebraska with less green. A ways out of Moab going west it got interesting. Lots of canyons and rock formations. Utah is the windiest state I've ever been in. Climbing the grades was bad enough but doing it into a 50 mph headwind sucked! Finally after Arizona it died out. Now it's hitting Vegas. The palm trees are swaying. Tomorrow, the pawn show, count's customs and general site seeing.
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you lost me with the road going to Moab is boring like Nebraska...FAIL! Now granted it's not as interesting as in and around moab but it's not Nebraska. Moab needs to been seen off the highway...it is like the Dos Equis guy "the most intersting land on the planet"....... Now the ride from the north on the highway could be many spots in New Mexico, AZ or any of the 4 corners states but it never lasts long so don't compare it to Nebraska :mad:

also your credibility went onboard the failboat when you say Beautiful Las Vegas (although you do have a question mark so perhaps you are unsure) if so let me clear it up........Las Vegas = Shitcity the only redeeming quality for it is that if you want a city with all the amenities in a spot within a short drive from colorado/Utah/.California then Las Vegas does have that going for it otherwise I think it's living off it's glory days of decades past....
 
You are in my part of the world. Couple of quickies:

* Circus Circus is, uh, not the best end of the Strip if you want to take in the folly of L.V. Head south a couple of clicks on Las Vegas Blvd.
* Red Rock is really remarkable, if you haven't been.
* There's amazing food in Las Vegas. And I do not mean the buffets on the Strip (although some of those are amazing as well). Post if you would like recommendations.
* Baker, California. Great place to take a leak and a funny photo of "Fresh Alien Jerky." Not much else.

Why Tucumcari? /shudder/
 
Route 66. Hoping to get there in the early evening and stay at the Blue Swallow.

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It's a landmark of 66 and on the national list of historic places
 
Ddbob, Saw Moab from off the highway. Went to Arches where the Landy went to work pulling some Asian woman out of a ditch. She's lucky I carry a tow strap, getting a tow truck in there would have cost her plenty.
 
Rick 381 said:
Ddbob, Saw Moab from off the highway. Went to Arches where the Landy went to work pulling some Asian woman out of a ditch. She's lucky I carry a tow strap, getting a tow truck in there would have cost her plenty.
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good on you for pulling the dumb broad out :thu: *inserts asian women drivers joke but thinks better of it and retracts joke...*
 
Yeah, not sure why the race and gender are appropriate there. Perhaps you were trying to emphasize the unusualness of the situation, given how it is usually overconfident, undereducated white men who cause problems for others?

Either way, if you are 'doing Route 66' and haven't hit central NM yet, say so. There are definitely some good things around here (especially if you are a craft beer enthusiast).
 
In fairness to her the ditch was only 2 feet wide, it looked like it was dug with a Bobcat back hoe and it was hidden by weeds. She probably thought she had a shoulder and pulled over and dropped in. It was on the entery road that winds up the side of the cliff. She was on the way down and maybe pulled over to let others by.
 
I ran out of land and had to turn back. Got to Santa Monica and couldn't go any farther so now I'm in Barstow on the old Route 66
The train with the squeeling wheels switching the yard acoss the road is annoying.
 
Rick 381 said:
I ran out of land and had to turn back. Got to Santa Monica and couldn't go any farther so now I'm in Barstow on the old Route 66
The train with the squeeling wheels switching the yard acoss the road is annoying.
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Barstow and Flagstaff and Albuquerque ..three iconic 66 towns! I hope you are takeing 66 the rest of the way to AZ. That is the greatest stretch of 66, so much stuff still to look at and many of the building still have very old furnishings in them. There is a great museum in Goffs near the AZ border which you should stop at. When I went through it was early in the morning and it was closed but I was looking around and taking some pictures through the fence and all of the sudden an older couple in their 70's probably walked over and asked me if i wanted to look around. i said sure , they were the owners or the caretaker and they lived in the trailer across the road. Of course I had my dog callie with me and they opened up the place and gave me free rein, told me to spend as much time as I wanted and even let me drive in and park mt jeep by the schoolhouse. really cool people. http://californiathroughmylens.com/goffs-schoolhouse
 
Soy un Burqueno.

If I were on a hell for leather Route 66 trip, here's what I'd try to hit in ABQ:
- hit town at night in summer. Just ... important. Travel Central from downtown to Nob Hill at dusk. Stop in Nob Hill at one of a great many local eateries.
- However, if you want New Mexican food (and don't call it Mexican), you need to divert a mile or two.
- You might want to drive up to the Sandia Crest. Not quite as dramatic as the summit of Pike's Peak, but close, and very easy to get to.
- The Native American museum in ABQ is remarkable (if mildly sorrowful). The one other amazing museum in ABQ I recommend is the Atomic Museum. You can't miss it -- the bombers and missiles are parked outside.
 
Now in Williams Arizona. Ran parts of 66 in Barstow, Seligman, and Williams. Saw the Grand Canyon. Tried to avoid hitting the elk that were standing around the edge of the road. Hitting one of those things would ruin your day. Petrified Forest and points east tomorrow.
 
Now I'm in Albuquerque. Went to Walnut Canyon, Petrified Forest, ran 66 in Flagstaff, Holbrook, Gallup and came into Albuquerque on part of 66.
 
The Holbrook, Gallup run is pretty horrible. The ABQ is not bad at all.
It could have been worse,you could have taken I-40.
 
I did take I-40. I got off at Holbrook for Petrified Forest and ran 66 through town. Gallup just to run the in town section. Most of the stuff outside of towns looks like it will fall over in the next high wind. It's actually kind of depressing. We did see the arrows in the ground and the Wigwam Motel. A couple of the must sees.
 
New Mexico is a pretty depressing place . ABQ,Santa Fe,Taos are not bad. Other jann that,meh.
 
DFB said:
New Mexico is a pretty depressing place . ABQ,Santa Fe,Taos are not bad. Other jann that,meh.
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Wasn't aware you lived here.

Honestly, this is an amazing state ... here are some locations you probably missed:
The entirety of the National Forest near Cuba
Bisti badlands
The Gila wilderness (America's largest at 2.4 million acres), probably the most beautiful part of the lower 48 I've seen in 40+ years of wilderness exploration and travel
The eastern part of the Sandia, from Tijeras up through Sandia Park to Madrid
Chama
The Organ Mountains outside Las Cruces
The mountains around Ruidoso

What did you find 'depressing' here?
 
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