Ghost Towns
For a long time now, it's been on my list of things to do to check out some of the ghost towns of New Mexico and Colorado, so last night I went searching for some resources online and found one called Juanita in Colorado just across the border from New Mexico (Lat/Long N37 1.634', W107 9.036') at the best website I found. It is, oddly enough, www.ghosttowns.com. It's a great site, except for the really annoying MIDI music on the homepage that made me turn off my speakers.
So today, Strix and I loaded up the truck and headed toward Juanita. It's a three-hour drive, or at least it would be if it weren't for the crappy roads past Dulce, NM. I knew it was going to be a problem when my Tomtom said, "Do you want to avoid unpaved roads?" Pressing "Yes" resulted in, "No Route Possible." Sure enough, the roads got muddier and muddier after we got into Colorado where it had been snowing, and eventually I felt it was just too unsafe to go on. I own a truck, but it's a little Dodge Dakota with two wheel drive and ground effects. It's not made for driving through a foot of mud.
So our outing was a bust, but now that I've found the website, we'll just have to try again some other time, with some other ghost town. Or, with some other vehicle.
Comments
C'mon now... -You didn't seriously expect a "ghost town" to be easy, did you?
;-)
Sorry to hear that your trip didn't work out. A few years back I had traveled out to Goldfield Ghost Town here in AZ and once there I noticed the buildings didn't look as old as they should be. It turns out it was a complete tourist trap. The buildings were on top of what used to be an old ghost town and nothing was original. They were constructed to look old. Huge bummer.
I will look forward to hearing of your adventures though when you do make it out to one. I'm guessing there would be quite a few in your neck of the woods.
Well, I guess that's the fun you can expect from a real ghost town.
-Maybe this is one of those places you should only visit in the summertime, when the roads might be nicer. -Ghost town curse or something, eh?
;-)