eubank wrote:
It's a little town out on US Route 60 (parallel and to the south of Route 66). Yes, there's a couple of restaurants there. Yes, pies are the specialty. Yes, there's an RV park there.
Not far from Datil, NM, where there's a decent public campground.
Not that far from the VLA, always worth a visit!
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Lynn
Yep been there done that. Nice little RV park with full hook ups.
eubank wrote:
It's a little town out on US Route 60 (parallel and to the south of Route 66). Yes, there's a couple of restaurants there. Yes, pies are the specialty. Yes, there's an RV park there.
Not far from Datil, NM, where there's a decent public campground.
Not that far from the VLA, always worth a visit!
๐
Lynn
Double ditto on the VLA (Very Large Array.) We like the quiet in that part of NM. Very nice night sky with minimal light pollution. If you want low key and quiet in your travels, I recommend this area.
Pie Town is a pass-through town, not a destination in and of itself unless you're into a lot of solitude. Not just a whole lot of people living out that way. Which would have been an entirely different story had the surveyors in the 19th century chosen the more southern route for the railroad rather than the more northern route (the latter to become, among other things, Route 66).
By the way, Jim@HiTek mentions El Morro (not El Morrow), which is located somewhat to the north of the Pie Town area. The monument there is now called El Morro National Monument, though sometimes called Inscription Rock. There are native American (Ancestral Pueblan) ruins up on top. DOwnstairs is the protected pond, which made the place a well-down stop over place for European explorers and, later on, East - West travelers. The earliest Euro inscription there is by Juan de Oรฑate in 1605. Before the monument was protected, some of the final inscriptions are from the railroad surveyors who were trying to decide between the northern route (to become Route 66) and the more southern route.
The Ancient Way cafe near El Morro (great food!) has a small private RV park. El Morro itself has a campground, too, but it's limited to smaller RVs, I believe.
Here's a picture of El Morro:
By the way, Jim@HiTek mentions El Morro (not El Morrow), which is located somewhat to the north of the Pie Town area. The monument there is now called El Morro National Monument, though sometimes called Inscription Rock. There are native American (Ancestral Pueblan) ruins up on top. DOwnstairs is the protected pond, which made the place a well-down stop over place for European explorers and, later on, East - West travelers. The earliest Euro inscription there is by Juan de Oรฑate in 1605. Before the monument was protected, some of the final inscriptions are from the railroad surveyors who were trying to decide between the northern route (to become Route 66) and the more southern route.
The Ancient Way cafe near El Morro (great food!) has a small private RV park. El Morro itself has a campground, too, but it's limited to smaller RVs, I believe.
Here's a picture of El Morro:
It's a little town out on US Route 60 (parallel and to the south of Route 66). Yes, there's a couple of restaurants there. Yes, pies are the specialty. Yes, there's an RV park there.
Not far from Datil, NM, where there's a decent public campground.
Not that far from the VLA, always worth a visit!
๐
Lynn
Not far from Datil, NM, where there's a decent public campground.
Not that far from the VLA, always worth a visit!
๐
Lynn
