Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Traveling and staying in Santa Rosa, New Mexico several times was a real pleasure. This trip and the following images were taken in October of 2004. Traveling on the historical Route 66 road is fun in of itself, and that combined with the New Mexico landscape, restaurants and climate is very hard to beat.
One can really appreciate the Route 66 Auto Museum and all of the beautifully cared for and restored automobiles and other paraphernalia to be seen there. It seemed appropriate here to show red Chevrolet Corvettes. Note the New Mexico license plate reads 2FAST4U.


The restaurants visited in Santa Rosa were all outstanding, real southwestern Mexican food. The visual flavor of most of them reflected the ambiance of old Route 66 as well. The Comet Restaurant (Serving You Since 1927) was a real treat. Even Mateo's, the Greyhound Bus Stop in 2004 was outstanding. Others to be mentioned are Sun & Sand, Route 66 Restaurant and Silver Moon.


The big screen film history was also in town during the filming of The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 movie directed by John Ford. This legendary movie was about a depression era family forced from their mid west home to try and start a new life in California. One of the scenes along the way was filmed in Santa Rosa under this railroad track bridge which still stands at least of 2004.



As with every trip the stay comes to an end because one then travels further down the road. A sunset in 2004 from Santa Rosa, New Mexico.

I hope I see you again.