Grants Vacations, Grants Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

We drove on west for another hour or so, finally stopping in Grants, New Mexico for the night. Well over 400 miles today, and fast miles at that. The speed limit through much of today was 75 mph. Again we are at a Best Western in what looks like a truckstop town. Several hotels and several restaurants, but little else. The hotel is large and pretty new and has an indoor pool and large indoor areas. Maybe because outdoors it is very windy all of the time. Today, clouds developed and came over …

Due to our late start we drove straight through deciding to take a break in New Mexico.  I've been to New Mexico twice before and remember I loved the state.  There is so much open beauty in the southwest its a whole other world.  We chose El Mal Pais National Monument for our stop (actually about 72 miles west of Albuquerque), the road map we had showed it looking like a good place to stretch our legs.  So that's exactly what we did.  The park was amazing.&…

The trip to Grants, NM was definitely fun. It wasn’t short by any means but the ride went by very fast thanks to several things that happened on roadside. First of all we saw a huge rattlesnake with its head chopped off on the side of the road. Then we came upon a few mile stretch that was overrun with prairie dogs. To top it all off at Byron’s stop we had a dance party. (pictured below) It was good to break the monotony of an average day on the bike. Once we arrived in Grants at the Futu…

Random Photos of Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque, etc. I have thousands more from over the years if anyone is looking for a particular image. :-)