Mama sure does love when we all ride in CeCe together so she can "document"(aka take lots of pictures)
our time on the road. The trip to Angel Fire was no exception.
We went from our "semi-mountainous" part of NM....
and then we(well Mama and Daddy) saw some big red rocks...
Rosy and I mostly saw the inside of our eyelids....
We also drove through some flatter grassy areas with big clouds...
...then we made our way slowly back into the mountains.
As we made our way closer to Angel Fire, the mountains closed in...
We heard a bunch of oooos and aaaaas coming from the front seat.
Daddy even pulled over so Mama could take a nice picture of the river running into the mountains
The best part was when we drove into Angel Fire the temperatures were 20-30 degrees cooler than home
PLUS
there was still snow on the mountains!!!
Stay tuned next week when we do something Sunny and I like better than riding in CeCe,
a nice nature walk!!
We sure hope you get out and see some nature and/or get some good napping in this weekend!!
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us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of
your window, or maybe a picture from a vacation, walk or other journey!
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We may be experiencing some really hot temperatures here in New Mexico this month(100+F/38+C), but did you know, it's also the rainiest time of the year here too? The locals call it "Monsoon Season", we call it "Pretty Cloud Season."
Just look at all the beautiful cloud scenes we have viewed in our
backyard:
The clouds in the morning give us some lovely sunrises.
But the clouds in the evening during Monsoon Season are epic!
Look at all the layers of color in the photo above.
The pinks, purples, yellows, blues all look wonderful with the greens of the trees!
Sometimes we see the moon rising through the clouds.
When a storm moves through close to sunset, the skies put on a show better than any fireworks!
The prettiest of all backyard views is always
a rainbow after the rain has almost stopped!
We are so very thankful to have such beautiful clouds this time of year!!
Sunny: It was a dark and stormy night when we rolled into Cuervo...
Rosy: SUNNY! It was actually a nice bright afternoon. Mama just did spooky things to the pictures to make them
look a little more menacing.
Have a seat around our campfire and let's learn a bit more about Cuervo, NM
Unlike many ghost towns located off the beaten path, Cuervo is easy to find. The small abandoned town is located along Interstate 40 between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari.
Cuervo(CUHR-voh) means Raven in Spanish. We should have known this because this scary Raven met us at the stop sign entering the town. *shudder*
The town was founded in 1901 when the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf railroad was expanding from the panhandle of Texas to central and eastern New Mexico.
Unfortunately, the railway decided to change plans and used both Tucumcari and Santa Rosa for their
main delivery routes.
The town had the chance to grow when Route 66 was built through their town, but before it had a chance to really prosper...
Interstate 40 was built and Cuervo never established itself as a tourist destination.
It was then most residents fled the area for better prospects.
Believe it or not, although the town is now un-incorporated(it's post office closed in 2011), there are still 58 residents that call Cuervo home. We saw one auto repair shop/junkyard that looked like someone might have lived in, but that was about it. We didn't meander through the dirt roads though, because Cuervo is known for some pretty creepy "non-ghost" related incidents.
This is the former Catholic Church of Cuervo. You might notice it has a new roof, which we thought was very interesting. After some research we fund out it was most likely built to keep people out. We aren't going to get into particulars, but if you search Cuervo, NM church incident, you will find some pretty disturbing "non-ghost" information that we didn't know about until researching this post.
As most of you know, most humans are much scarier than their ghosts.
Here is a video Mama made, showing all of the houses we saw.
