Day 17 - Carlsbad, NM
Well, today was a very boring day as far as sight seeing was concerned. Our trip was on I-40 west which is out in the middle of nowhere.
This is what we saw for almost 200 miles! This is a bus stop. How far away are the kids?
And what is this gate going to?
And then in the middle of nowhere, there were these. One on each side of the road. I don't know if they had anything to do with Michael Perry, Land Commissioner or not. HaHa
Our first stop when we got near the campground, was the Roswell Mall. My ipad pro got fried when I spilled water on it. Hopefully the guy I dropped it off with can get me up and running again.
Our home for the next 3 nights is at a KOA Campground in Carlsbad, NM.
Fun Facts:
- New Mexico ranks first in the nation for chile production. The state produces approximately 77% of all the green chiles grown in the US.
- New Mexico is a leading producer of pecans in the United States.
- Smokey the Bear was modeled after a real-life black bear cub rescued by firefighters from a wildfire in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico in 1950.
- New Mexico is the birthplace of the atomic bomb. The world's first nuclear weapon was detonated at the Trinity Site in the New Mexican desert on July 16, 1945.
- New Mexico is home to more PhD holders per capita than any other state in the country.
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