RE: Road Trip Reminiscing Ramblewrite
Well, you know when you hit a town called hatch, New Mexico that you are in for a real treat! I actually lived in New Mexico for less than a year but it was up in Alamogordo and I can honestly say that when I rolled into town, I wept. This New England girl had not been West of the Mississippi in the month of Summer and it was quite the shock for me. It was just different and there was no cell service. And everything was so far away. And there were a lot of Native Americans and that was very foreign to me. I had more conversation with parisians then them, so I was out of my comfort zone. I will freely admit that I was such an ass I can't believe it. New Mexico happened to be one of the most fabulous States, as all of the West happens to be.
I know that for the most part they're pretty tiny little towns but they have dried Chiles everywhere. In my opinion, if you carry dried Chiles and you actually grow them there and dry them and sell them oh, there's got to be something redeeming about you.
I'm glad to see that you got the truck fixed and you Begin your journey yet again. You do lead a most adventurous life. I'm not sure whether I have taken 491 or not but I can tell you that I have been through Shiprock and the Red Rocks so perhaps I have. I actually like taking them Road Less Traveled under normal circumstances, even scraping by on gas will not deter. Of course I can say that as I have never ran out of gas, but the bragging stops here because that never works out when you try to show how good you are only to have the universe slap you down and show you who's boss.
If I do go that way again I will be sure to stop at the casino RV Park because this girl loves tacos and made that way so, I can assure you but I would want to take some home! Do you know when I have to go on to San Antonio for a day or two for work I have flown back with tacos from a place called Taco sensation because my children loved them and they would beg me to bring some home when I came. How pathetic are we? I will let you get to your cheeseburgers for that 4H meeting but I can tell you that I am so glad to hear from you and you know I have missed your stories and you need to be a little more consistent in your writing so I can keep up with you! I do need my Kat time
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I LOVE Alamogordo!! We stayed at the AFB just down the road from there, and I ate some of the best enchiladas I've ever had in my life in that town!
Oh DS, I totally have to laugh, I had a similarly odd experience when I went back East for the first time. After growing up in the west and Alaska, I was used to traveling huge distances to go places, so imagine my surprise when my dad and I once drove through 11 states in one day! It was bananas! And the people, there were so many people!!
You and I feel similarly about chiles it seems, I am constantly on a quest to add them to most of the food I eat, and here in the Pacific Northwest food tends to be a little on the mild side. I like the heat!
For some reason I think a Kat and Denise road trip would have us wandering into all sorts of places unseen and roads less traveled, lol! I love taking the back roads and just looking at things, and honestly, aside from the Rufus Debacle, our road trip was pretty magical.
There is nothing pathetic at all about travel tacos! I love it! My Alaskan fisherman uncle brought down seven pounds of fresh halibut he caught this past weekend for Father's Day, and we annihilated that fish like a bunch of feeding piranhas, ha ha.
I have missed you too and I am hoping to be back on a more normal and consistent basis.:)