Posted on 07/05/2023 12:14:43 PM PDT by CedarDave
In 1972 my new wife and I drove our GTO to Clines Corners in a hell of a snowstorm. I obviously still remember it. You couldn’t hardly SEE the road. I never had any fear of snow afterwards (born and University in Colo., Boulder Grad., and my wife from NJ taught me to ski-we native Colorado and didn’t ski.)
Oh my gosh….
Memories.
Miss you still Dad.
Thank you FRiend
Tatt
I envy your pilgrimage.
I can’t really remember the worst snow storm I ever drove through, but it may have been near there.... through Tijeras Canyon heading into Albuquerque. I grew up in ‘snow country’ so never paid much attention to it.
I grew up in Carlsbad but all my many uncles and cousins were in Denver. Moved to Colo. straight after high school.
One morning it was snowing like crazy, so I set a standard on trying to get to work. When traffic reports had the rollovers to less than one an hour I’d try getting through the canyon.
I made the trip from ABQ many a time in NM. It is a lonely drive at best. I have run into dust devil that like to pick up the company truck up. There was a ranch that had a sign saying that the ranch house was 10 miles up a side road. Now from what I could see of the ‘road’ was more wishful thinking that anything. At best we are talking a 30-minute drive from the ranch house to 295 and then another hour and a half to Roswell
:-)
That’s a wise criteria to choose!
I’m glad I never had to travel that daily, or even weekly, and not just in winter.
Although I do enjoy the drive from Chillili up 337 to Cerillos on 14. I always take that route rather than any of the interstates or 285 if I can.
I’m 11 miles south of the freeway on 337. More Escabosa than Tijeras. Chillili is an interesting place, but I just pass through. Some of the Afghanistan mountain scenes of “Lone Suvivor”were filmed near the land grant. The film crew trespassed. Who would you rather face, Land Grant or Taliban?
On the rare occasions I go to Santa Fe it’s up the back way on N14.
Now days going into Abq, I take old 66 through the canyon. Haven’t been on 40 for a long time.
Taliban. The two places in NM that I really feel unwelcome even just passing through, are Chillili and Tierra Amarilla. Both are really neat places but I can feel the hatred of the residents from behind their doors. Maybe I'm crazy, but I really feel that way every time I pass through.
Not anymore. Buildings at Mesa and Ramon have been removed. However, the NMDOT just opened a rebuilt rest stop just north of the NM-20 junction to Fort Sumner.
Gorlock the Destroyer could feed a family of 5 for the whole winter.
Stopped at Tierra Amarilla to take some photos of the courthouse. Got a warm greeting from the custodian there who asked me to make sure the photos I took there “look good !” No negative vibes.
Well, I’m glad that your experience there was better than any of mine.
US Route 50 is one of the last coast to coast US highways. Goes from Ocean Springs, MD to Sacremento, Ca, through some of the most iconic American scenes.
Miss you still Dad.
AMEN
When I worked out there, the most dangerous lenght of 285 was from Coyanosa to Carlsbad.
An accident waiting at every cross road and rig-road.
Late night cruise on the Dan Ryan can be a little creepy sometimes.
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