Getting to Carlsbad
We are heading for our a quick tour of the west and Carlsbad is our first sightseeing stop. We will be on I 20 heading west from Dallas and google maps is taking us off the interstate at Big Spring T...
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Second Chance wrote:
285 heading north out of Pecos is the worst road on the planet - especially the NM part. It's so beat-up from the heavy rigs it's rough as all he!!, two-lane, and has heavy oil pipeline construction traffic. With the gas burn-off torches at the oil wells and the desolate scenery, it looks like something from a post-apocalyptic movie. The whole thing makes me embarrassed to admit I'm a native New Mexican.
Rob
Agreed! Between the reek of petroleum in the air, the plums of flame from the stacks, miles of oil rigs in every direction, and the barren desert scenery, it truly does seem like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie.
