by Deonne Kahler | Mar 11, 2014 | Travel
Midpoint Café (in Adrian on Route 66, at the west edge of town) sits, not surprisingly, at the midpoint of Old Route 66 between Chicago and L.A., 1139 miles to each. Adrian is small (pop. 150), and so is the café menu, pretty much just sandwiches and dessert. The...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 11, 2014 | Travel
Tucumcari, New Mexico is named after the mountain that sits nearby. It’s a town of about 6,000 people, on old Route 66. I stay at the Flying J truck stop for free in the parking lot. I don’t even unhitch. I make sure everything’s okay with Sadie, then settle into a...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 9, 2014 | Travel
I’d rate my maiden voyage with Sadie a success, since a) I did not blow myself up lighting the stove, b) I did not run over animals or small children while pulling into a campsite, and c) Sadie did not come unhitched and go sailing by me on the highway. (Thanks for...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 9, 2014 | Travel
Nuts and goth – how can you go wrong? (P.S. Points if you can name the celebrity in this video.) Save
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 9, 2014 | Travel
When I was at the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum, I had chatted with two women at the reception desk, one in her 20s and one probably in her 70s. When I said I lived in Taos and was on my way to Silver City, the young woman said, “Silver’s funky, like Taos. You’ll love...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 9, 2014 | Travel
The day I went to Carlsbad Caverns, I missed two towns on my list. One was White’s City, which I’d heard good things about – something about a restaurant. And I thought, Hey, I’m white, so why not? But I ran out of time, what with all the lateness and scary cave...
