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The
Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers drove on the famous Route 66 to get to Tucumcari, New Mexico July 14, 2012 |
The Two RV Gypsies photographed murals
in Tucumcari, New Mexico. There were 25+ murals (some were doubles)
but some were located inside businesses that were closed for the day,
and some had cars parked in front of them, and a few just couldn't
be found by The Two RV Gypsies on this date. But Karen Duquette photographed
as many as she could. |
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"Old West Town"
at Kiva AOK RV Park on Route 66 |
"James Dean" at the Blue Swallow Motel on Route 66 |
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Below: "66 Eyes on
Route 66" |
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A female was sitting in her parked car
right in front of the mural shown below. She stared at Karen Duquette
as Karen got out of her truck and struggled to photograph part of
the mural without photographing her and her car. So Karen was not
able to get the entire mural in the photo. |
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| Below: "Elvis and Cadillac"
on Route 66 |
"The Dodge and the Cowboy"
located on Route 66 (couldn't photo the whole thing and Lee
didn't do a panorama) |
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Below "Daylight Train"
Mural - located on Route 66 (Lee Duquette had to take a panorama in order to get most of it in a photograph) |
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| Below: "Tucumcari Lumber" | |
(Again, Karen Duquette
only photographed a small portion of the mural because of all the
cars parked in front of the building) |
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Below: "Conchas
Dam & Lake" |
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Below: "Ranch
Scene" |
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| Below: "Patriotic"
scene at VFW building |
Below: "In Memory of Moynihan" &
"Pilot" |
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| Below: "Blessed" | |
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| Below: "The Legendary
Road" located on Route 66 |
Below: "Welcome to Tucumcari" |
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| Below: "Where's My Horse #1" | Below: "Where's My Horse #2" |
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| Below: "Quay County" | Below: "Youth Mural" |
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Below: The painted street
on which the above "Youth Mural"
was located. |
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| Below: The Tucumcari Convention Center and a big Route 66 monument (not part of the murals) | |
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The Two RV Gypsies
took a ride to Conchas Lake State Park: |
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Conchas Lake is a 25-mile long reservoir in northeastern New Mexico, behind Conchas Dam on the Canadian River. The lake has an elevation of 4,200 feet and a surface area of 9,600 acres. Conchas Dam was completed in 1939 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. |
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| Conchas Lake is beautiful, but the Two RV Gypsies did not realize that although it is A STATE PARK, it is only for boaters and campers. There was a very limited area to drive or walk around to take photographs. The tourist brochures advertise coves, canyons, sandy beaches, petroglyphs, and ancient rock formations here. But the Two RV Gypsies did NOT see any of those things. | |
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 Please
continue on to see the adventures of The Two RV Gypsies in Albuquerque,
New Mexico Sandia Peak Aerial Tram, Boca Negra Canyon and petroglyphs,
roadrunners, Puye Cliff Dwellings and more
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