Roadside Attractions

 

Last year at this time, I took a road trip to New Mexico to tour the Very Large Array, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.  I did a post about it here.  The array is located along a very remote stretch of  U.S. 60, a relatively quiet stretch of highway.  After my tour, I headed back west toward Arizona and as I passed through Pie Town (yes that really is the town's name), a very tiny little community I saw some strange contraptions near the road.

It looked like a graveyard for farm equipment, mostly windmills. So I pulled over to the side of the road to get a closer look and to take a few photos.  It wasn't long before another car pulled over behind me a woman got out with exactly the same curiosity I had.  So there we were, two curious women with cameras in hand snapping a few photos before we headed on our way.

There was no sign or anything else to identify what this place was so after I had snapped these photos, I drove on.  Recently I did some internet searching and I found a blog site that did a post about this very place back in 2018.  That post even had a photo of the sign for a place called DanCyn' Windmill Museum.  You see that post here.  I wonder what happened to that sign because I didn't see one when I was there.  The museum may have been gone but the windmills were still there.

The next town I came to was another tiny place called Quemado New Mexico.  That's where I saw this wonderful old Spanish style mission-like church.  The sign in front calls it the Sacred Heart Church with mass at 9:00 AM. 

I love a good road trip especially on roads less traveled where you can see so much more.  I might have taken this trip for one purpose but I came home with lots of different memories.