New Mexico

It’s been a very pleasant day on the road. I’d initially planned to get to Santa Rosa (about 140 miles), but as the road was running across desert and there were many miles be3tween stops I covered ground quickly and pressed on. At Santa Rosa I had to make a decision – Should I follow the later alignment, or take the, older, Santa Fe loop? The later alignment mostly follows, or is on I40 and I have been longing to visit the Santa Domingo Pueblo (http://www.indianpueblo.org/19pueblos/santodomingo.html) which is off the older alignment between Santa Fe and Albaquerque. As I’m ahead of schedule it’s a foregone conclusion and so now, after around 260 miles of riding I’m in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the pre 1937 alignment.

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