Return to the Enchanted Land
New Mexico held a special allure for us. We had very pleasant memories from our first trip to Santa Fe and Taos. The southern part of the state was reputed to be equally beautiful in a very different sort of way. The idea of a desert and mountain next to each other was quietly appealing. Add to that the possibility of the best star gazing location in the US made saying "yes" when a buddy of mine proposed this as a thanks giving break destination even easier. We started early as we would have to traverse large swathes of Texas enroute to New Mexico. Passing through Abilene, Sweetwater and other quaint oil towns suddenly brought us face to face with the real Texas and the important cog of this money making wheel - Oil. The stench of the liquid gold was unrelenting and mile after mile the hard working wells kept churning the elixir of modern life. Ironically in this mecca of liquid energy there was also room for hundreds of wind farms almost reminding us that oil won't be a...