Today Astro D and I took a trip south. We started at my house and headed south on NM 14 then took County Road 42 to Galisteo.
We continued on NM 41 until we reached the town of Stanley (home of former NM Governor Bruce King). Here we stopped at a sign post on the side of the road with quite a few street names on it all pointing in different directions. Astro D found Fantastyk Voyager's Which Way From Here? letterbox. While she stamped in I took some pictures until I noticed a sign that said "Please don't take pictures of this property.", so I went back to the car and waited for Astro D to rehide the stamp. And then we continued on our trip.
We stayed on NM 41 until we connected with US 60. We drove along US 60 only a short distance to Willard, where we made a turn onto NM 42. A few miles down this road we came to a mesa covered with wind mills. We stopped at the gate with the 'W' to find Twinville Trekkers' Wind Power letterbox. Neither Astro D nor I had found this one. We read the clues and found the box - we took it back to the car to stamp in. Once we were done the box was put back into its hiding spot and we were able to continue along.Still on NM 42 we drove to Corona. At this point we turned onto US 54 and headed for Carrizozo. We had a nice drive and had a nice chat and visit. We arrived in Carrizozo at the junction with US 380.
Turning onto US 380 we drove a few miles to Valley of Fires Recreation Area where we found Twinville Trekkers' Valley of Fires letterbox. It was an easy find right near the entrance sign for the park. We stamped in at the car and then rehid the box. We walked to an area with lots of lava rock and took some pictures then returned to the car and headed back to Carrizozo.We made our way to Twelfth St. (The Book of Eli was filmed on this street.) where there are lots of painted burros and some galleries. We looked for and found The Spinning Burro and a Tiny Little Burro placed by Tulie Boxers and WadeCat.
We sat in a little alcove with a bench, tree and burro to stamp in. We enjoyed these boxes and after we stamped in and replaced the box we decided to walk along the street and take pictures of all the burros. By this time we were hungry and decided to look for a place to eat. Just a block over from the burros we found a tiny little Mexican restaurant. The food was good and we relaxed and talk and had a good time. After a nice meal we were ready to head back north.We returned to US 54 and headed to NM 349 and the ghost town of White Oaks. Astro D wanted to look for two of my Alphabetical New Mexico Boxes (M and W). We first stopped at the Cedarvale Cemetery and she found William McDonald. While she stamped in I walked around the cemetery and took pictures. After she was done and the box was back in its hiding spot she looked around the cemetery and took pictures.
After a little while we headed into White Oaks and drove up to the schoolhouse where Astro D found the White Oaks letterbox. She stamped in and rehid the box. A few pictures later we were back on NM 349 and then US 54.We drove on US 54 to the junction of NM 55 where we made our next turn. We continued on this road until we were in the middle of New Mexico. Unfortunately Astro D wasn't able to look for this box because there were a bunch of people in front of the building and they looked at us as soon as we pulled over and stopped. We decided it wasn't worth looking for the box and continued our journey along NM 55. We were zigging and zagging along until we found Twinville Trekkers' Zig Zag letterbox. I already had this one so I just walked around until Astro D was done stamping in and the box was rehidden.
Well, that was the last box of the day and it was time to head home to Santa Fe. It was another great day of letterboxing in the Land of Enchantment. Thanks Astro D for a fun day and thanks to all the letterboxers who hid boxes for us to find.
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