Where are we today ?
Today is gonna be another bright sunny day and not much wind. First of all we need to remember and thank all of our Veterans, for the freedom we have in our countries. Canada and the USA. I do remember and thank my Grandfather who was overseas in WW1 and my Father who enlisted in the Canadian army and was prepared to go overseas, but the war ended before he was deployed.
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Grandfather far left and right
my father in the middle |
And of course all of the US soldiers that were there fighting for our freedom.
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Flags lining the streets in Elephant Butte today
so heart warming. |
About 9:30 this morning we hopped in the car for a day trip to check out some local ghost towns.
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| leaving Elephant Butte |
This is the tour we did this morning. About 2 hours total and 55 miles of amazing deserted desert countryside. Think we saw about 5 cars all morning. Love the southwest countryside, so peaceful.
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| 55 miles |
This what we drove and just love the wide open spaces. First town was Cuchillo ( named for Cuchillo Negro = Black knife) Established in 1850 .
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| Cuchillo |
Not much here like a lot of Ghost towns. Mostly abandoned homes and buildings makes you wonder about what life would be back then.
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| Cuchillo Bar click here |
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| San Jose Catholic Church 1907 |
Then more desert touring and we came across Placita (Little Plaza) est 1840.
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| San Lorenzo Catholic Church 1907 |
Then on to Montecello founded 1856 and still has a post office today.
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| San Ignacio Catholic Church first built in 1857 |
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| Main street |
Love their Fire truck , volunteer fire department, its been around for a while but am sure it still does the job.
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The wash has recently been plowed
probably from recent flash floods |
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| Tumbleweed, only in the southwest |
Now back to Elephant Butte, checked out the dam that created the lake here. The Rio Grand is dammed up in a few places to create water reservoirs, supply electricity and prevent flooding.
Now time to head home for lunch. And managed to catch a quick shot of the
Gambel's Quails that are running all over the place here. We can hear them all day long but hard to take a pic, they move so fast.
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| The quails |
Now a light lunch and we can enjoy a wonderful afternoon enjoying the scenery and our e-readers. Not much wind, sun too hot, shade too cool but we did manage, not much wind either, sure was a wonderful afternoon.
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| and of course the view , amazing ! |
Then time to whip up supper. Pan fried Cod fillets and a salad, sure worked for us.
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| Wonderful |
We pace ourselves and plan the day a bit just to see how it unfolds. No need to rush around can always come back again and see more, if we choose. Just enjoying the days the way we like.
Thanks for stopping in and joining us in our adventure today. Hope you enjoyed your day too!
Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Fall and Winter..
