Man, I LOVE little towns like that, that are 30 yrs ago. The great little
mom and pop restaurants and motels are what I dig. Anybody can drive the
slab and stay at Marriots. The Route 66 thing really intrigues me. The more
info the better I say!!
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Friday Curiousity

> Semantics Joy. Those aren't lonely towns, those are Ghost towns....
>
> Folks are real friendly there, as visitors are a surprise.
>
> On Feb 2, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:
>
>> I did some of it in New Mexico a while back - a year ago, I guess.
>> It seemed
>> to me like a fair bit of driving slowly through desert and through
>> the very
>> dreary sides of some rather sad towns that have been have been
>> bypassed by
>> the interstate.  Plus a few strips where there are rows of cheap
>> motels
>> trying to hype I-66.  In Albuquerque it is the main drag in a
>> fairly cool
>> neighborhood (you know, cute stores, good coffee, free wifi, easy
>> area to
>> stealth camp - ask me how I know! :-) but otherwise not so
>> interesting.
>>
>> But maybe that's just the desert parts of it?
>>