Blogs from New Mexico, United States, North America - page 82

We finally left the West Texas country and entered into The Land of Enchantment. The landscape as you can see in the photos changed from the creosote bush (AKA greasewood) to grassy rangeland. BTW, the creosote bush can live up to 900 years! Betcha didn’t know that. In fact, the plants can clone themselves and may be the oldest living organisms on Earth…things that make you say…hmmmm. We also left the heat in the lowlands as the grassy plains go up to 5,000 - 6,000 feet in elevation. The cooler temps were an unexpected and welcome treat. We rolled into and through Carlsbad. This region is a major pecan growing area. I was surprised by the number and size of the groves. I guess I associated pecans with the Southeastern part of the USA. We finally ... read more

Today was a totally rocking day! We ate burritos at this restaurant in Santa Fe called the Bumble Bee's Baja Grill. Mom says "I had a "naked" burrito with asparagus and it was scrumptious!" My burrito had black beans, rice, pico de gallo, and cheese in it. I would give it 9.5 on my official Burrito Scale. I took off .5 because it was a little "too spicy!" It was, like all of the past burritos, perfect in every way imaginable! The restaurant looked really cool inside because there were all of these bumble bee pinatas hanging from the ceiling! We went to the Palace of the Governors museum. It is a "monumental adobe structure that housed the residence and offices of governors from its construction ca. 1609 until it became the state history museum in ... read more

Today was a really fun day! We drove from Oklahoma City to Tucumcari. We saw big wind turbine farms in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. On the way, we stopped in Amarillo, Texas to see Harry Potter 6. I absolutely loved it. Mom says "I liked it, but I liked the book more. It was fun to see it in Amarillo in the middle of a day of driving." We also passed by Cadillac Ranch, we didn't get much chance to see it because by the time I told mom, we were past it, so we kept on going. For dinner, we went to Del's, a restaurant that serves Mexican and American food on Route 66. I had a burrito, which I thought was really good. It had cheese on the top, and It was really ... read more

We stopped for American breakfast in town and Vincenzo ate 1 out of 3 pancakes. The landscape is much different and the heat is starting to get drier. We stopped in Historic Fort Stockton to check out the fort- the largest statue of a roadrunner was just a bonus. Hunger took over and Israel asked some guy working on a house where a good restaurant was. The guy looked at him blankly so Israel said, "OK, where would YOU eat?" and he gave us directions to La Rosita, even though he told us the wrong name. He must eat there often. It was very pink and decorative and there was music that Israel deemed a propitious with regard to the food. Then we went to the fort and took advantage of the interactive display. The fort ... read more

Greetings to all of you! My name is Hannah Elizabeth deNevers and I live in Los Alamos, New Mexico USA. In August (the twelfth) I will travel to Cologne, Germany and begin living with a Family- The Ditterts who have graciously offered to host me for the beginning few months of my Exchange. It should prove to be quite an experience and I hope that through travelblog.org I will be able to keep all of you updated as to the events of my Exchange As you probably all know this already, I will say goodnight Thanks for reading ~Hannah deNevers... read more