Posts Tagged ‘Albuquerque’
Hail to the Southwest Chief: All Aboard for Los Angeles
As lovers of road travel on a quest for all things Americana, it should be no surprise that we are also big fans of trains. Of course, we wish that train travel today was as glamorous and plush as it once was but are excited that it is still possible to travel across the U.S.…
Read MoreFive Enchanted Days in New Mexico
Last February, we set off on a five-day road trip through the Land of Enchantment. While the highlights of our trip were the alien-crazed town of Roswell and the lunar-like magnificence of White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, we found many other historical, quirky, and kitschy roadside attractions. One of the reasons that we love…
Read MoreEnchanted Travels: Route 66 in New Mexico
With a long and storied history covering more than a millennium, there is no shortage of beautiful historical sites, ruins, and places to explore in the Land of Enchantment. Despite being much more recent historically, there is just as much 20th Century Americana waiting to be discovered. Our love for Route 66 began in Tucumcari…
Read MoreGet Your Sniffs: Finley’s Travels on Route 66
For more than a decade, we’d dreamed of getting our kicks on Route 66. With a month set aside to follow our dreams and travel the route last fall, we couldn’t imagine taking the trip without our dog, Finley. Over the last two years, Finley has traveled more than 20,000 miles through 36 states with us,…
Read MoreI Found My Kicks (on Route 66)
It’s the Summer of 1992 and with my newly acquired driver’s license in hand, I’m cruising the backroads of McHenry County, Illinois just before dusk- windows of my Honda Civic rolled down, humid scents of a Midwestern summer in the air, and wind whipping my hair in my face with the tunes of the catchy early ’90s hit, “Life is a Highway” blaring from the tape deck.…
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