We started the day headed for El Paso along I 20. Then, we remembered suggestions to visit the Carlsbad Caverns. We actually remembered just in time, about 30 miles east of Pecos Texas.
So, we jumped off of I 20 and headed north west on 285 to Carlsbad. Basically a 2 lane road, one of the most remote we have been on. Lost the Internet and cell phones here and there, it was that remote. In total we drove about 160 miles.
As we drove through Pecos we saw signs for a local museum. Since we had effectively cut our drive almost in half of what we had expected to do for the day, we decided to stop if we could find a place to park Big Butt and Tana. Turned out there was no issue with parking, we found a great spot right by the museum. And, what a museum we found.
West of the Pecos Museum, housed in the 1896 Saloon/1904 Orient Hotel. Because of the bedrooms upstairs the museum has individual rooms (some 50 or more) they can use for specific displays, such as a music room, a school room, a doctors office, a kitchen, a barber shop, a room that highlighted washing machines (including a wash tub and scrub board), and a display of several early telephone switchboards, and MORE! Here are a few photos, a few of the best of the best.
I took over 175 photos at the museum and along the road this travel day. Man felt good this day, but, by the next day he was feeling quite punk. So the next few days at Carlsbad I will spend catching up, reality days, laundry, dog grooming, blog writing, sleeping, resting, grocery shopping. Man will spend it resting, updating software and such on the iPod Touch, coughing and generally feeling icky. We are having cool nights, mild days, and buckets and buckets of sun. We have our home on wheels, are in a campground, a few days off are not a bad thing ('cept he feels crummy, that is never a good thing).
On the agenda while we are in Carlsbad, the Caverns, of course, there is a River Walk, and the Living Desert State Park. When Man feels better we shall continue the trek westward.
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| The bar. The friendly bartender (decked out for the holidays) is, mmm, mechanical, & motion detector activated, he will tell you all about the history of the bar. |
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| You just know they had to have a collection on Pecos Bill! |
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| Maybe some of Reflection's readers will remember our rant at a campground in November of 2009, when a nice (?) campground employee told us, "this is not my first rodeo". Man and I have never forgotten the phrase, and laugh about it a lot. So, dear campground employee, were you at THE first rodeo?? 1883?? Really?? |
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| Nice bottle collection, taken through the fenced in door. |
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| And, finally, from the land of the truly bizarre, some kind of electric hair curler (photo to the right actually shows some chick hooked up to this monstrosity). Makes me really glad I gave up curls and love the straight and natural look! |
On the agenda while we are in Carlsbad, the Caverns, of course, there is a River Walk, and the Living Desert State Park. When Man feels better we shall continue the trek westward.
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