Special July 4 post. We are going to return to Route 66 today for some American portraits. There’s a photography book I got as a Christmas present (or was it a birthday gift?) a few […]
Category Archives: Route 66: New Mexico
Over the Continental Divide
Route 66 in western New Mexico. There is a fine stretch of surviving Mother Road in the western part of the state. On the drive from Albuquerque to the Arizona state line I crossed over […]
Breaking Bad
Albuquerque – New Mexico’s biggest city – has some rough edges. Breaking Bad was set and filmed in Albuquerque. The approach to the center on Route 66 along Central is a bit sketchy. Even my […]
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Tucumcari, New Mexico. A treasure trove. I thought it was one of the finest stops along all of Route 66, and for that reason it gets its own post. A few of these at the […]
Crossing New Mexico
Crossing New Mexico on Route 66. This first set will take us from the ghost town of San Jon at the border with Texas to the outskirts of Albuquerque on the post-1937 alignment of Route […]
In the high desert
In the high desert The first nine photographs in this set were taken on US 64 on the drive to and from Taos to check out the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, one of the highest […]
Taos
Taos. We will start at the Taos Inn where I stayed – a great location right in the center of town near the Plaza. Next the historic plaza itself. The Hotel La Fonda on Taos […]
The High Road to Taos
In the black and white set of the high desert churches I mentioned the High Road to Taos from Santa Fe, the routing I chose for the drive to Taos. Weather permitting I would highly […]
High Desert Churches of New Mexico
The sacred architecture of northern New Mexico – second set: the churches of the High Desert We will start this set on the “High Road” from Santa Fe to Taos, a scenic byway through the […]
New Mexico Sacred Architecture
The sacred architecture of northern New Mexico – first set. Santa Rosa to San Rafael on Route 66 in New Mexico This first set of sacred architecture in New Mexico has us viewing churches on […]
Back in the bubble: Santa Fe, NM
Back in the bubble On Route 66 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. There is a tremendous amount to see and do in historic Santa Fe, New Mexico’s capital city. It has flown Spanish, Mexican, Confederate […]
The Road to Santa Fe
The road to Santa Fe En route to Santa Fe on Route 66 in New Mexico. After flat and dusty western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle the drive on the Mother Road in New Mexico […]