Heading East Clayton, NM - Colorado Road Trip

This tee-pee looked like an antique so I grabbed a shot of it when passing by.  

There is a metal shop of some sort just west of town, and I believe they make these awesome items there. This one is of a dragon on the building. What a unique idea!

A stallion done in metal art.

An Indian in metal art.

We didn't get to stop but I am think they have dinosaur prints here at this historical marker.

The photo below is definitely of days gone by. For one to be out here in the middle of what seems like no mans land and see an old drive in theatre. So cool! Even had the little speakers attached to the poles in the field. This is the snack bar.

This photo is the ticket booth and drive in entrance.

Clayton, NM - Colorado Road Trip 2016

I love these old highways. So much countryside to take in and if your lucky you will spot some wildlife grazing on the prairies.

 This formation makes me think of a cookie when baking and it gets that effect on the top of it. 

It never fails when we come through this way we are bound to see a train coming through at the same time, I love it!

Capulin Volcano - Colorado Road Trip 2016

I was so excited when my husband asked if I wanted to go up the Volcano. We have driven by it so many times and he has always flown by it, not even suggesting we check it out. I was like a kid getting to go to the playground.

Some of you might not think it is a big deal but for me, it was!

Okay so you really start white knuckling it on your drive up the Volcano. Especially for the passenger, when you see there is no railing and it is a drop off to your death with one wrong move here.

But the views are amazing up here and so worth the $7 a car load to drive up! 

Once you make it to the top you can see the snow capped mountains in the distance you probably can see Taos, NM from here! 

Absolutely stunning!

Inside the Volcano!

View of the horizon.

Inside of the Volcano

Up close Ancient Volcanoes- Raton, NM

Below you get a glimpse of lava rock. Tossed across the land like tissue paper in the wind. Your imagination can run wild here wondering which Volcano those rocks might have belonged to,

The mesa's were formed by the lava flow.

Road Trip 2016

This is how the road trip started. Traveling down I-40 out of Oklahoma into Texas cannot see 3 car links ahead of you. Talk about intense!

About the time I received a text from my kiddos in the car behind us, asking how long this fog will be here. It cleared off just as I received her text. Talk about power of suggestion.

Amarillo, TX

Vega, TX

Jinxy enjoys a nap through Texas

Clayton, NM

My husband recently traded in for a 2009 Corvette and he wanted to take it on a longer road trip than within our state of Oklahoma. So we made our plans to go to the Rocky Mountains for a few days.

It turned out the days he wanted to head out were during our daughters birthday. Funny how fast plans change, our road/birthday trip is under way let the plans begin.

Our daughter picked the hotel and I arranged an itinerary for things to do in the area around the hotel of her choice as well as the route we will drive to our destination.

I chose driving by the Capulin Volcano, coming through the east side of Raton, New Mexico. The mesa's are mesmerizing to me, and I love seeing the ancient volcanoes with the lava rock scattered all around the area.

Raton pass was a little white knuckling of a drive. Our daughter, and our son; oh did I forget to mention how the road trip turned birthday trip turned into a family vacation? I thought while we were out of town I would have my son be the pet sitter, and that turned into him asking for those days off and joining us. As I said, funny how fast plans change!

My son and daughter were having issues with her little Pontiac G6 coming down those steep hills. All I could think of was that this is nothing compared to what we face in the Rockies.. Yikes!

The plan was to pull over and get a photo opp in front of the state line sign.. yea that didn't work out when the sign just popped up around the corner while we were going nearly 80 mph! It may have been slower but it felt like we were definitely taking the curves a little too fast for my taste. I mean seriously we are not on the Indy 500 Track for goodness sakes.

I managed to get some photos of the beauty while driving of the snow capped mountains, the Raton, NM sign as well as the state line. You have to be quick on the clicker that is for certain!