[Muleteam1]

There is little doubt that New Mexico has a problem with drunken drivers. Basically it is a clash of new and old cultures. Just last year Santa Fe finally saw fit to close all drive-thru windows. This angered older residents who were used to driving with a Bud in hand. I am old enough to recall the days when most saloons in rural New Mexico were always located between two small communities so business could be derived from both communities. It seemed like every rural bar was named Half-Way, Mid-Way, Middle of the Road, or some other name indicating its advantageous location. One old saloon at Logan, NM was called The Road To Ruin; not a name that would go over well in most places in the US. Its a hard lesson for old timers to realize that the freedom they once enjoyed has been supplanted by the need to protect their more numerous neighbors. Once a State which had to tell potential visitors that they did not need a VISA to visit has been discovered and is finally moving into the twentieth century. Someday it will move into the twenty-first whenever it decides to become a red state on the election map instead of a blue one.

Muleteam1

[Travis McGee]

Do you live in NM? I'm in the research stage for my next novel, set mainly in NM, and I'm always looking for a link.

[Reverend Bob]

The Road To Ruin was still there the last time I passed through (admittedly a couple of years ago). Rats! Now I'm starting to get road fever.