This year, we are celebrating November with gratitude. Today I(Rosy) am thankful for spontaneous day trips!
Last week, the pawrents decided a Road Trip was in order. I am so very thankful I got to go with them!
(Sunny stayed home to protect the house from rogue squirrels)
They wanted to go someplace fun, but not to far away...so we revisited Grants, New Mexico!
You might remember that we visited Grants with CeCe earlier this year. We saw lots of Lava, a volcano and an ice cave! This visit, we saw a totally different side of Grants.
The Route 66 and Railroad side!
Grants actually began like a lot of the other New Mexico train towns. A trio of brothers named Grant were given a contract to build part of the Atlantic/Pacific Railroad. It was settled as Grants Camp in the 1880's and evolved into Grant City, and finally ended up as just Grants.
In the 1920s, the main business in Grants was railroad logging transporting timber from the Zuni forest to Albuquerque. After the logging boom ended, the area dabbled in farming(even becoming the Carrot Capital) and Uranium Mining.
They still have trains running through the town, but mostly known as the Gateway to Lavaland. If you missed our post about Grants lava beds you can read it HERE
Route 66 ran through Grants and helped draw visitors to the
area until Interstate 40 was built. Unfortunately, most of the hotels, shops and restaurants built for expected tourism have now shut down.
It was a beautiful little town to take a nice leisurely walk!
Luckily they had a KFC, so I got a little chicken snack before we headed home!
We had a great little road trip and are thankful to be able to visit and learn more about the small towns in New Mexico!
We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the
Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!
That's quite a trajectory, from railroad/logging town to Carrot City, to uranium mining to Route 66 tourism!
ReplyDeletethat is like sitting in a time machine... and if we close our eyes we can see the places what were crowded with cars and people once...
ReplyDeleteChoo choo ... did you get a ticket to ride?
ReplyDeleteHari Om
ReplyDeleteWell that was both fun and educational - which is the best of all outings in my view!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
I would like to see all the trains and info about them. and also like to go inside that kaboose if allowed... choo choo trains are a favorite of mine...
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute little town. It's sad the motels are mostly closed but they are probably in need of a lot of renovation and care. Someone could buy one and rehab it into a "modern" retro Route 66 place for people to stay. You and your daddy sure look happy together.
ReplyDeleteOMDs Niece Rosy that was all kinds of fun for all your senses. So much to see, hear and taste.
ReplyDeleteAnd now AC will be dreaming about the hunks from Route 66 tv show
Hugs
ac
Thanks for taking us along on your trip. It looks like you had a great time wandering around that town, Rosy.
ReplyDeleteSuch interesting places to see sweet Rosy! Did you get your kicks?
ReplyDeleteWoohoo...road trip! Nice it's close by, too. Stuff along Route 66 is pawsome!
ReplyDeleteYou always have the best adventures and we know how much your dad loves trains!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this fantastic trip with us/
ReplyDeleteYou have fun trips. Your parents are so good to you. I went along and tell your peeps I had fun too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches to you both and my very best to your peeps. ♥
We bet your peeps enjoyed that town very much, especially learning its history and all the stuff about trains. We also are sure Sunny was spoiled very much at home:)
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
I wish I was there with you, Rosy! (Except my Mommy would have to come too.) *wags* Xena
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to explore close to home, isn't it. We have fun places here and it's sad we don't take much time to explore them.
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, that looks like a great trip and fun places to explore! I hope Sunny was able to successfully fend off the squirrels, they can be pretty determined sometimes!"
ReplyDelete