Amarillo Recap

During my visit to Capulin Volcano National Monument, I bought a book about the dust bowl during the depression era.   I thought it a peculiar offering for a park in New Mexico as I associated the dust bowl with regions further north and east.  However, the book's narrative centers on the southern plains, particularly a number of towns I drove through on my trip like Clayton, NM; Boise City, OK; and Dalhart, TX. It's a very interesting, if very somber, book. Moreso because it gives a detailed backstory to places I gave only brief consideration on my trip.

The trip itself was pleasant with a number of intriguing, though it was longer than planned on account of the flat tire I encountered Saturday afternoon in New Mexico.  I was able to get it replaced, but not for two days.  I still managed to visit most of the places on my itinerary: Trinidad, Colorado; Sugarite Canyon State Park and Capulin Volcano NM in New Mexico; and Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma.  I also visited Texas for the first time. Checking that state off my list now means that I've now been to each of the fifty states at least once in my life. My last stop on the trip was Bent's Old Fort in southeast Colorado.  Unfortunately it closed an hour earlier than indicated on the brochure I picked up over the weekend, but I was still able to walk the scenic grounds which border the Arkansas River. 


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Statistics
Miles: 1,444
Days: 4
States: 5
Total Counties: 33
New Counties: 28
Pictures Taken: 183
Pictures Archived: 86
Fuel: 42.0 gallons
MPG: 34.6
Cost: $611.93

Sangre de Christo Mountains 
along the Highway of Legends

Capulin Volcano

New Mexico Highway 370

Cadillac Ranch

Oil Field in Hutchinson County, Texas

Cimarron Valley Railroad

Bent's Old Fort