Hollywood in Las Vegas, NM?

 

We are so happy we got to visit  "other Las Vegas", it sure is a quaint little town with lots of history.

Seems like we weren't the first ones to feel the draw of this little town either.  Las Vegas is one of the oldest Hollywood Film locations in the Southwest.

They have been filming movies in Las Vegas, NM since the silent film era!  Tom Mix, a cowboy actor from the early 1900s, called Las Vegas NM his favorite film location!

Other movies filmed in Las Vegas were Easy Rider, No Country for Old Men and Red Dawn, just to name a few.

One of the more recent shows to be filmed in this area(and all around New Mexico) is one the pawrents

watched.....

They thought it was filmed in Wyoming...but, as proved in this picture

they took off the LV PLaza, it was filmed here in Las Vegas!

Longmire started out as an A&E show, but moved to Netflix. 

The pawrents recommend it highly!

(Mama also recommends the Walt Longmire Mystery series of books by Craig Johnson).

If you are movie buffs like Mama, you might enjoy this older video

Mama found on YouTube about Las Vegas and the movies.

We sure did enjoy our visit to the Historic "Other Las Vegas", thanks for joining us! New Mexico has so many beautiful places to visit and we can't wait to explore them all(and show them to you)! 

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

The Scenic Side of Las Vegas

 

Learning about the history "the other Las Vegas" sure was fun, but Las Vegas has a natural side too.  This Las Vegas is at the eastern side of the Santa Fe Mountains, and the southern edge of the Rocky Mountains.

One morning, after our walk, the pawrents took a scenic ride took see some of the more natural sights in LV.

(From the pawrents: The temperatures were in the 90s during our stay making outings rough for the girls. Walks were done in the early mornings and early evenings)

Right outside of town, the rocks start sprouting up....

...and the trees start getting thicker!

Pretty nice, right?? The pawrents say, that's nothing compared  to the Rocky Mountains we're going to see in a couple of weeks.

The pawrents also found a place to swim where the water is hot...

Silly pawrents...it's 95F outside, who cares about hot water!

Mama didn't think strangers with their bathings suits on would appreciate pictures...but here is one of the small "baths" that was part of the Hot Springs. Mama stuck her toes in and said the was crazy hot and turned her toes pink!

Let's close today's post with a look at the "windmill" next to our campsite. 

Did you hear, Rosy? We are taking a small trip on Sunday to see how CeCe does towing JeeJee(Mama's Jeep) on Sunday night! We are going to get to stay at a local RV park right by a real casino!

We are wishing everyone a fun long Labor Day Weekend in the US...and a Pawesome weekend

filled with nature where ever you may be!

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