The longest most lonely section of U,S. 295 in New Mexico seems to from Vaugn south to Roswell. North of Vaugn and south of Roswell are more connecting highways and towns.
No wonder the martians like to surreptitiously train there.
Grew up in Carlsbad, drove Vaughn to Roswell coming and going many MANY times. There is a bar halfway and when I was 16 we never failed to stop in…
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