On the Turquoise Trail in New Mexico
Twenty years ago The Amazing Ms. D and I took our first vacation together. It was a two week trip to the Southwest. This year we are getting the chance to retrace some of that trip together. The Turquoise Trail The first part of this trip is taking The Turquoise Trail . This is a fantastic day trip from Albuquerque or Santa Fe (about 150 miles round trip). What drew us 20 years ago was the chance to see the ghost towns of Golden, Madrid and Cerrillos. Well things have really changed in 20 years. None of the towns are ghost towns anymore, and there are some really interesting places to stop, shop and eat along the way. Madrid NM Madrid is a former coal mining company town. The mine operated through the 1950's and provided major amounts of coal to Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project. When the mine closed the company tried to sell off the entire town, but was unable to. So the town was abandoned and became a ghost town. In the 1970's the started selling off individual...