Remote Control Trains

Modern Rest Rooms

Modern rest rooms that are about as modern as the rest of this abandoned stretch of Route 66.

I'm being watched

Bird eats prey

Service Station

Not Recently

S H E L L

I Found No Crows in Cuervo

Cuervo, New Mexico, is an old railroad town turned Route 66 stop turned ghost town that sits right off of Interstate 40. 

No Service

Rio Pecos Ranch

August 2015

Cafe Laurel

I stopped at Cafe Laurel while passing through Albuquerque along Route 66. The road was under construction for miles and a sandwich sign outside the restaurant caught my eye: "We are worth it!"

I'm not sure what "it" is, but they served up a nice omelette and coffee. And the Wifi wasn't bad either.

Rio Salado Sand Dunes Rest Area

I've been stopping at this rest area since I was a child. It has facilities and about a dozen picnic shelters on a raised deck over the sands. On my latest trip, it provided a safe place to stop and sleep in the car.

I wonder if non-portable fires are permitted in the shelters. ;)

The spiders are likely happy about the fire ban.

Turn Right

Steins

Steins, a New Mexico ghost town, was once home to about 1000 residents. Billboards along I-10 advertise tours, but none have been available since the property's owner, Larry Link, was murdered in 2011. 

Fraggle Rock

Dance your cares away
Worries for another day
Let the music play
Down at Fraggle Rock

Tyrone Mine Reclamation

Over 3,000 acres of waste rock piles from the Tyrone copper mine have been capped, contoured, and reseeded to prevent erosion and contamination.

Market Street Mural