Monday, February 10, 2020

West Coast Swing to Wing Ding 2016 Pt 1 Texas to New Mexico

Billie and I loaded up our Bike and trailer for a 4 week trip that turned into an almost 5 week trip on August 11th of 2016.

Day 1 we rode to Sweetwater, Texas with a lunch stop in Gatesville at the Ranchers Steak house before stopping for the night. We stayed at the Ranch-hand motel. We got in early enough to take a dip in the pool to cool off after a pretty warm ride up.


We left early on the 12th and rode to Rio Rancho, New Mexico on the west side of Albuquerque to spend a few days with family there.
The New Mexico Rail Runner

While visiting we took a train ride from Rio Rancho to Santa Fe and spent a day site-seeing.
There are a lot of things to see in Old Santa Fe.  We walked around the Square and visited some of the shops and had lunch there. We also went into a beautiful Catholic Church there.

Market Square Old Santa Fe

Old Santa Fe

Beautiful Architecture 


On the road again!
We left Rio Rancho early on August 17th to head West. Our first stop was in Gallup, New Mexico. We went for breakfast at the El Rancho Hotel. We did not know that this Hotel had hosted so many celebrities through the years. The breakfast was just ok but the surroundings of the old hotel were something to see.



Lobby
The doors of the rooms upstairs had names of celebrities who had stayed there with pictures all around of various people who had patronized the Hotel.

We continued on to Arizona and more adventures...  Part 2 coming up.

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