Posted on 07/05/2023 12:14:43 PM PDT by CedarDave
I like the idea.
Vaughn, NM. Me and my ex stopped there for a meal. When I asked if they had any red wine the young waitress said: “Yes but it’s not cold”. We carried that chuckle to the end. When we broke up I went Bogart on her and said we’ll always have Vaughn.
All this about cars and I forgot that I used to hitchhike from Houston to California frequently, and not to any particular part of California so the routes change.
I was young and had to learn about being on foot on the desert highways during the summer and winter, the learning wasn’t error-free.
Yes I see them some times in some car shows around the country.
I’m sure they can be found if Googled.
Nevada 305 between Austin and Battle Mountain. Love it.
We need to go out and do that one.
I’ve driven it many times. God’s Country.
When I lived in Roswell, we had family in Albuquerque.
The only drive I hated was driving west into Tejeros Canyon at rush hour.
With the glare of the sun and the motorist.........that is a scary place.
Driving 285 never bothered me, (other than boredom between Roswell and Clines Corners) although there was some pucker factor between Santa Fe and Pojoaque when there was massive construction there for several years, years ago... And it was a pretty nice drive once you got north of Espanola.
To me, the old Highway 666 (now Highway 491) along the NM / AZ border was ‘an adventure’.... Especially after midnight.
I dared to visit the burial site of Rush Limbaugh.
Bellefontaine Cemetary
4947 West Florissant Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63115
314-381-0750
Take I-70 east to the Bircher Blvd. and W. Florissant Ave. exit.
Go northwest on W. Florissant Ave., to the entrance of the cemetary.
Gravesite located just north of intersection of Ravine and Meadow (on Ravine on west side of the road). These are narrow and much-winding lanes; including up-hill and down-hill.
Also, leave the cemetary, by heading southeast on W. Florissant Ave., returning to I-70.
Best time: 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
The “pucker factor between Santa Fe and Pojoaque” is still there - a wild ride requiring gas pedal up the grade and good brakes down at the stoplights at Santa Fe and Pojoaque.
I haven’t been through there for about 10 years. Last time I went through, it seemed that construction was FINALLY winding down... although after ten years, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was starting anew.
It hasn’t gotten any better, fortunately when I commuted into town I went West in the AM and East in the PM.
For 1933-36 Fords(maybe others) a crank
out Windshield!
Michigan roads will scare the bejeeses out of anyone who values their suspension, any weather. Tears to the eyes sobbing.
Yes, I’m a child of the Pecos, it’s my blood.
…and take a gun. A big one.
I live in Florida now. How I miss that road to Ruidoso and Cloudcroft. The thing others fail to realize that as you go from West Texas (the Llano Estacado) into NM is there is a gradual rise of a couple thousand feet. The earth there is “flatter than flat.” Literally. My father used to cruise up those roads at 90 mph in a 1960 Ford Galaxie. That’s where I learned how to drive. 100 mph at cruise, the miles FLY by.
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