Brick Road Photo: Side notes of New Mexico

Ready for some more vacay pictures??

Aunt Judy would be so proud.

Thought I would share a few photo's of New Mexico that weren't a part of the 100 Mile Capture. So many things out there that need their photograph taken and not everything I think is photo worthy is spaced 100 miles apart.
What trip to New Mexico would be complete without a picture of an alien taken in Roswell???
This is my photo assistant Nik posing with the only alien we could find. More pictures of Nik to come. He had a great trip and he sure smiled a lot!

When we planned this trip we decided to take a different route than we had in the past and would try to take secondary roads instead of the Interstate. What a bonus!! How cool to just happen on to something you had no idea was where you are going! We came across the coolest place in Lincoln County New Mexico. Sound familiar?? Ever seen the movie Young Guns? Heard of the Lincoln County wars? WELL we were there! No not in the Young Guns movie silly, in the place where the actual Lincoln County Cattle Wars took place. I had no idea Young Guns was based on true event.
This is a Torrean and was one of the first structures in Lincoln County. It was built in the 1850's. Its thick walls protected the Spanish Americans from the Apaches. In the Lincoln County War it is where Murphy's sharpshooters were stationed.

A little history blurb for you

The perfect way to end a trip to New Mexico??

A stop in Pie Town. This little 'Pie Place" was recently featured on the Discovery Channel. Very quaint and the pie was ok. They must spell "strategic" different in New Mexico than they do in Texas. Interesting....

AND yes they had pie.........

........................and some very cool old rusting things in the field next door.

Ok not sure why this makes me laugh when I see it but... The sign says STOP so that's what they did, and it looks like they never got started again. That's one powerful sign!

Its no secret I adore all things old and rusty. The locals sure looked at me funny when I took pictures of the rusting signs and cars next door. I could almost hear them saying "Those city folk ain't right in the head".