Looking for Ghost Towns

Today we went looking for ghost towns. Ted had pointed out what he thought were ghost towns along the way on route 66. Definitely not ghost towns. Ghost towns have old buildings on both sides of the street, shutters banging, tumbleweeds blowing, and no signs of life. Having researched last night Ted found two possibilities for ghost towns not far from Santa Fe. Neither one matched my criteria for a ghost town, but both were extremely interesting. Cerillo certainly had the dilapidated buildings, but it had some gorgeous trees, a cool old church, and people, definitely great potential for a ghost town. Down a few streets, there was an adobe house/store that had a “petting zoo”, a mining museum, and all different types of rocks, minerals, and turquoise. Unfortunately, (Ted did not seem to share in my disappointment), they did not accept credit cards and we had a limited amount of cash, and no atm in sight , so I was not able to purchase all of the treasures I saw. I also saw this amazing adobe house with a courtyard right across the street from the church. It had a for sale sign in front of it. Ted quickly got me out of there. ( I just wanted to see the inside.)

The next town we visited had more people. Apparently, some artsy people have opened up some shops and the ghost town is coming back. We decided to eat at The Hollar, a little restaurant with a courtyard. We ate with the locals and a bunch of bikers. It took an hour to get our food (they made the food table by table in order of arrival). Chris said it was called the “holler” because you had to holler to get your food. The food was really good. I had breakfast tacos (eggs, green chiles, pork, cheese, sauce, fancy lettuce, mmmm). Ted, Katie, and Chris all have a cold so their taste buds are not working as well. Chris said the food was good, but not worth waiting an hour for. I’m glad we went. I think it’s important to step outside of your comfort zone (in this case, sit).

After brunch we headed back to the camper to drive to Albuquerque.




Check out more photos from today in the Photo Gallery 2.



Learn more about:
Ghost Towns: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nm/nm.html
The Hollar: http://www.thehollarrestaurant.com/