Sep 22 2017 - Chama,NM to Raton,NM

Up early to catch the "up" train.  You can tell its going up!

Today we are chugging our way south East - and today we go via Taos.  But before we get there, while motoring along a flat boring stretch with mountains up ahead, suddenly we are hundreds of feet above the Rio Grande.  Wasn't expecting that!   Had to u-turn on the far side to get back to the hidden overlook.

Notice the manekin top left....

Then we take the scenic loop around Taos ski valley, before heading East on Hiway 64

As the day winds down we find ourselves in the dusty town of Cimarron.  Another place that was famous back in the days of the wild west.  The Hotel just out of town has an interesting history.  St James Hotel