Yep…El Paso…the sun…the 70 degree weather!
I traveled here from Denver hauling a load of adult beverages (Ask your Mother).
On the way down, I drove thru the state of New Mexico. Actually, I had never driven over some the roads I used today…so it was a bit of a learning experience for me, too. I entered New Mexico thru Raton Pass (it crosses the mountains at about 7834 feet above sea level…Denver by comparison is only 5280 feet above sea level).
As you study the states and their histories consider this: How was it to travel west in a horse and wagon?
Raton Pass on I-25 and Loveland Pass on I-70 west of Denver (at over 11,000 feet) were hard climbs. For example, Peaches pulled very hard climbing Raton last night…she was down to 20 mph a one point. She weighed 79,000….but her heart is 370 horsepower diesel engine. Imagine hauling 1000 pounds up a mountain with only 2 or 4 horses!
Another thing to consider is how people lived…what they faced…and how they achieved! It is awe-inspiring when you think about it. I understand that you recently went to "Frontier Texas". I bet that was interesting! So you can see what I mean.
Now, once I was in New Mexico the land looks a lot like the Pan handle of Texas around Amarillo. As I went south it gets flater and more desert like. Here are a couple of pictures:
Now, here are a couple of questions for the two of you:
What major river beings in New Mexico (Up around Albuquerque) and then creates the southern border of Texas?
Name for me the one place in New Mexico where the Space Shuttle (Columbia, STS-3, 1982) has landed…hint…its just north of El Paso TX.
What is the capital of New Mexico?
Until Next time…be well and have fun!
Knome
P.S. Picked up a new friend…here is his picture. Nothing like Hanging with my Gnomies!!
1 comment:
Hi Knome and friend,
What is your new friend's name?
The capital of New Mexico is: Santa Fe.
We think that the river you are talking about is the Rio Grande, but we have actually been to the "head waters" and it starts west of Creede, Colorado about 40 miles in the Weminuche Wilderness area, just east of Silverton, right above the Rio Grande Resevoir. The water up there is very, cold, we waded in it a couple of summers ago.
The Columbia landed in a place called White Sands, near Almagordo, NM.
Do you know where the Smokey Bear museum is in NM?
J says... his favorite team is The Knicks and the Phoenix Suns and in college it is the Rutgers Scarlet Knights...his dad likes the knicks, too.
A says have a good time and a safe day.
Love,
A&J
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