May I begin by SALUTING the men and women who fight daily to keep our country safe to live in. THANK YOU!!!!
Billy and I had made plans to go on a motorcycle trip this weekend and I was able to leave work early on Thursday, so as soon as I got home we loaded up the Harley and took off. We had made plans earlier to go to Nashville with friends, but they were not able to go, so we decided to go to New Mexico instead. We headed up 287 to Vernon and then headed west. By sundown we had made it as far as Paducah, TX. Being a small town there was only one motel. I new the building had a familiar look to it, so as we signed in I asked what the building used to be. The man behind the counter smiled and asked me if I really wanted to know, I told him yeah and he told me it used to be a funeral home. I laughed and asked him if the spirits were friendly!!We slept very well without any ghost!!
Friday morning we left there heading for Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. We wanted to see the grave site of Billy the Kid. We arived in Ft. Sumner around 1pm(our time) after taking a wrong turn out of Clovis, which took us about 50 miles out of the way. We went to the "Billy the Kid Museum" there in town. While in the museum it started raining very hard, once the rain stopped we got back on the motorcycle and headed for the grave site just outside of town. There are 3 graves, Billy the Kids and 2 of his buddies that are encased in a metal fence. Seems that someone from Granbury, Texas stole "The Kids" headstone some years back. You know there is a war going on between Hico, TX and Ft.Sumner of who actually has the authentic burial place. Well, upon leaving the grave site it looked like it was going to storm so we went back to town and found a motel, Super 8 not Heavenly Devine Motel!!!
Saturday morning while eating breakfast in Vaughn it began to ran, so we doned our rainsuits and headed to Ruidoso. Upon ariving in Ruidoso we headed for Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino. I put $30 in a $1 machine, didn't last long, only 5 pulls and it was gone! So I headed for a quarter machine. Found a "Wheel of Fortune" and put $20 in, couple hits and it landed on the button for the wheel to turn. Ended up with $92, finialy quit when I still had $50. The local indian tribe had tables set up by the main entrance and were selling some of their handmade crafts. I bought a heart shaped necklace made up of an elks antler. We left there and headed over the mountain to Cloudcroft, ate lunch and was on the road again. We were suppose to have taken Hwy 82 east out of Cloudcroft, but again we took a wrong turn and headed west. "Of course you know it was my fault that we went the wrong way". You ladies know what I'm talking about!!! When we realized that we had gone the wrong way it was too far to turn around so we got out the old map and headed for El Paso. Oh well, never been to El Paso! We stopped at the Harley Davidson Dealership there. I've never seen a Harley Dealership soooo big, guess that's why they have the slogan "Largest in the World". Bought a few shirts,you know you have to have a new shirt a Harley Shop!!! Left there and headed for Van Horn and spend the night.
Got Sunday morning and headed home. The rain stayed in front of us most of the day. caught a picture of a rainbow. What a great ending for a great trip.
What a great time we had just being together. Love ya honey!!!!