New Mexico, Land of Enchantment, as the welcome to sign proclaims. I must admit he scenery sure beats Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. Mountains, plateaus, deserts, and sporadic settlements dot the landscape on either side of highway 40. We could see the silhouettes of the gigantic mountains before we settled into our hotel in Albuquerque last night. This morning the sun shed some light on our surroundings and it was absolutely stunning. The one bad thing about New Mexico is the construction. They’re about 205 Miles of I-40 crossing the northern part of the state. It seems like 200 of those miles are under some sort of construction that closes at least one lane, the other 5 miles, through Albuquerque, are closed. As you can expect that made for some less than smooth sailing.
Another highlight of the New Mexico experience was the continental divide. It wasn’t much just a rest stop with a nice view of some mountains, and the plateau, coupled with a gift shop and a sign proclaiming that it was, in fact, the divide. We didn’t spend too much time there but the gift shop did have more cacti that the entire I-40 corridor, which was disappointing. At least we got to see a few wild roadside cacti, even though they weren’t the big ones like you see in the roadrunner cartoons, or on that Aerosmith Album Cover.
To Flagstaff for lunch then the G-C. And for my South Portland friends out there that’s Grand Canyon, not Griffin Club!
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