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I live in Southern New Mexico! My husband was raised in Tularosa! We now live on the border of the Mecalero reservation! In the mountains! New Mexico is the best place to explore ever!

Thank you for posting this video! I'm from Alabama, but our family lived in Magdalena from 1967 to 1974. My parents were Southern Baptist Missionaries to the Navajo Indians of the Alamo Reservation 27 miles northwest of town. I brought my wife and daughter out there on vacation in 2007. It was very nostalgic to see the home where we once lived as well as where I went to school. We moved back home to Alabama in 1974, but New Mexico never left me. It still holds a special place in my heart. I want to come back to visit after I retire, which is just three years away. There's so much I want to show my family that we didn't get to do during our last trip!

Russ that area is famous for its stachios, pecans and across the mountain range is famous Hatch chillis!! OMGEEEE delicious stuff! Fantastic scenery!

Loving the addition of the maps to get us used to where you are and where you are going next. Love your road trips the best! Come to Florida!!

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

We Love RVerTV.

Used to live 20 miles down a dirt road from Magdalena in a ghost town called Riley (originally Santa Rita) population of 3.. your video almost made me miss New Mexico.. almost.

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

Bravo.

Love those clouds and rain 🌧 storms in the distance .....

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

We Love RVerTV.

Thanks for taking us along for the ride!!🤔

Socorro is home of great free New Mexico Mining Institute huge display rocks, minerals, old mining tools and gear. Also near Magdalena is the old Kelly mine.

@robertcolpitts4534

2 жыл бұрын

That's the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech is the short name). The Mineral Museum is located in the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and it is outstanding!

Trinity site is open to the public twice each year, the first Saturday in October and April. We were there about 5 years ago. Amazing place, the house they used as command post has letter signed by the scientists that were there that day!

I loved this video. I am from this area. My dad was born and raised in the Magdalena area and my grandparents and mom lived in Datil. I went to school in San Antonio and Socorro. This is my home stomping grounds!

Great video 😊. Can't wait to see White Sands

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

We Love RVerTV.

Along for the ride👍

The little gas station in San Antonio has some delicious fudge and ice cream. Also the Buckhorn Tavern there is known for their green chili cheeseburgers because the owner beat Bobby Flay in a cook off.

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

Bravo.

@janblake9468

3 жыл бұрын

Also good cheeseburgers at the Owl Bar. That was the closest bar to Trinity site so Manahatten people went there.

@hhawg1

3 жыл бұрын

I can also attest to the Green chili cheeseburger at the Buckhorn. Mmm. Wishing I was there.

@janblake9468

3 жыл бұрын

@@hhawg1 Have you tried the cheeseburgers at Sparky's in Hatch NM where green chilies are grown? Super!

@jimmygeorge6843

3 жыл бұрын

Buckhorn is now closed out of business

The small town Magdalena seemed so lonely and empty of movement of people. Contrasted with the cold grey skies intensified it. Great video tho an I'm enjoying the journey. 👍👍😊

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

We Love RVerTV.

@eugenechester8748

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I stayed there was exactly the same, no one around and freezing cold. The saloon there is a nice little joint though, nothing flash.

Russ ! You have the best traveling RV channel . The rest are just stagnate . Great small town USA tour's. Keep up the excellent work.

Nice colorful small historic towns. Thanks Russ 🚐🚐❄️❄️

Was stationed at Holloman AFB from '83 to '89. Took the family all over that area in a pickup camper. Enjoyed every single mile.

In the late fall and winter, the green disappears from Valley of the Fire and the lava beds are joltingly solid black for miles and miles.

Hi from Ireland. I plan on visiting N.M. in a few months. So I will be joining you on your drives to see where I will visit while there. Gracia's amigo. ☘️

Thats a nice drive thru there.

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

Bravo.

On a 75 degree day out on the White Sands is like 90 degrees from the reflected light. For some reason snow doesn't reflect heat as much.

Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels and grandfather (great grandfather?) of Paris Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico territory.

NM has so many diverse landscapes and terrains, I love living here. If you have a desire for exploring there are thousands of amazing locations through the entire state and ranked best sunsets in the world.

❤️ Loving the trip so far!

You ate the whole pie 🥧🤪....holy pie town, it looked really good...the road trip is just getting started, 👌 travel safe.

I love your snickering laugh. It makes me laugh.

Hi Russ, Fantastic video!! You should consider doing a whole series just in New Mexico? So much to see. P.S. you skipped over Datil NM.

@evelynwinchester4726

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I would personally like to see more of NM with Russ. :)

I'm enjoying your Small Town USA locations.

Love Watching your Channel! Beautiful Snow Scenery! Safe travels.

So Cool!

you know it's gonna be okay when you got a saturday morning RVerTV video!

I feel like Bruce Dern is narrating! You brought back some nice memories of my motorcycle travelling and camping days

Apparently, there were no actual explosive volcanoes that formed the Valley of Fires. The molten lave simply flowed straight out of the earth from fissures. This type of volcanic activity is also why New Mexico and Arizona are rich in copper deposits. And those lava fields are Geologically quite recent.

@karliw2218

3 жыл бұрын

Right, Apollo it reminds me of what is happening in Iceland now. Volcano started March 20, then a new fissure opened and t he lava flowed down to mare valley. In meantime the Bob Volcano filled the valley it was in. And more fissures opened. Growing substantially. Several locals filming.

I truly enjoy his positive, verbiage.

Russ, I grew up in that area......Little town called Artesia.....They had one of the first underground schools.........Abo.......Something to see.....Your right not much to do or see....This was from the 50, s.........So ya it was kina a big deal......So much history in this State....................Thanks Russ...................JB........

San Antonio New Mexico is where Hilton had his first Hotel on the El Camino Real trail

@edwardmounsey9208

3 жыл бұрын

Hilton was born and raised in San Antonio. His first real hotel was in El Paso. Sam Young gave him a loan during the depression, from then on Sam was his banker.

@shawnmeyer2788

3 жыл бұрын

Conrad Hilton’s first hotel was the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas. The first Hilton hotel was in Dallas.

@robertcolpitts4534

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnmeyer2788 - That is correct! Hilton's parents owned a store San Antonio. Conrad Hilton worked in his father's store, then worked for a bank in Socorro. You can still visit the Cisco hotel. There is a museum there but I don't believe they rent rooms any more.

Frosty start for today’s drive, thanks for taking us along.

I now live in Tularosa. Nice place and great weather. Thanks for the video.

You missed two of the best restaurants for green chili cheeseburgers in San Antonio NM. Buckhorn and Owl Cafe.

@utahgodinez6676

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention Oso Grill in Capitan... just went straight to tullie

@stephentaylor280

3 жыл бұрын

Been there ! Great Burgers !

@charlesbee8740

3 жыл бұрын

@@utahgodinez6676 haven't been there since 1965.

Be safe out there ~ enjoying the ride along !! Look forward to the next trip !

Love New Mexico,thank you❤️

Awesome Russ!! Thanks for the ride 👍

Socorro, scene of the last railroad telegraph station, 1986.

Thanks for the ride! Love your videos!

Great. Video russ thanks for taking us along travel well grandkids says hello lance and family

Thank you. I enjoyed the trip very much

That pie didn't have a chance I'm sure lol I bet it was delicious though

@henrywardell4635

3 жыл бұрын

We Love RVerTV ; Russ Loves Pie.

@slavetomasterjim

3 жыл бұрын

Sad update: Pie Town: Not only did the pie not have a chance--Pie Town pies closed due to COVID. Hope it comes back.

Can't wait to see White Sands.thank you.....

Love traveling the backroads!

Hi Russ! I’m fascinated by watching a video of yours and discover I’ve been there during my trucking days! In fact I’ve traveled the same exact route YOU did in this video many times! Watching videos like this one will keep me patient until I can go full time soon! Thanks for the memories! Safe travels! ~Jim~

Socorrro was the biggest speed trap about a decade ago. My grandfather moved down there from Denver so I made the trip quite often!

White sands is the best! So bright and great sledding!

❄️ snow snow ⛄️ snow

@jcee2259

2 жыл бұрын

Here I am stuck with just year-around ice and glaciers but no snow.

I like your use of map so we get an idea of where were at

@lilygonzales1751

2 жыл бұрын

New Mexico Cimarron New Mexico

Travel those roads hundreds of times ! Beautiful area !

I like that you post maps of where you are and where you are going.

Russ, I enjoy your relaxed vibe as you travel. 👍 If interested, we live along Route 66 in central Oklahoma. You might just drive by our 🏡. We have been adding Route 66 signage to the historic roadbed here. About 5 months ago, I designed a sign and the County paid & installed the sign about how PAUL McCARTNEY stopped here back on August 5, 2008. It’s a pretty cool 😎 cool sign.

Hi Russ. I came all the way down 380 from Rt 25 No. and stopped at Carrizozo. Visited an interesting antique shop on the main drag and they were setting up a coffee shop in the middle of the building. Ate lunch down the street at a cool cafe.

love the high desert

San Antonio is home of first Hilton hotels, when we go through there we go to the Wildlife Refuge.

Thanks for the ride along

Enjoyed! YEA! Thanks, Russ!

Stay safe Russ! Keep bringing us your travel videos 👋🏼🇨🇦

I remember it like it was yesterday

Awesome video. How did I miss this last year? Lived a few places out that way....love that big cloudy sky.

👍👍 Thanks, be safe.

Wonderful video. Very Informative . The flat land threw. Pie town was the cattle drive area to the train in Oklahoma to ship back east. 1800

1:54 - I remember the VLA from the movie/book "Contact" and from - a long time ago - have the SETI screensaver on my old PC at work. COOL!

Howdy. Feels good to see NM again. Born west of the Pecos. I'll go back. Eventually. To small towns and wide empty country, please. Wait for me.

Ugh i wasnt expecting to get choked up so much by your nice video. Its tajen me back to my road trips in that area over the years. New Mexico is an awesome place for lots of reasons. I took Amtrak thru to California once and fell in love, tried living in ABQ a spell (crime central lol) and vacationed there every year for ten yrs. Sigh. Now im in the big PNW. TY SO MUCH for a ride down memory lane. White Sands is other worldly. Have you been to the Petrified Forest in AZ? Same extraordinary kinda place.

20:03 - WOW! The biggest train i ever saw was in Iowa, going over the mighty Miss. river. It looked ENDLESS, an i sat there eating my dinner and watching out the window, just totally fascinated!

Thanks for this video. It rrmjbds me ofboue trip to WS the same route uou did. We came from Ganado, AZ to Alamogordo and then White Sands NP. We took our trip May 2022.

White Sands was upgraded to a National Park

So your on the right path for Valley of the fire great place to stop and camp.

Used to travel threw WSMR. On the way to the National Monument. White Sands Missile Range 50 miles wide 110 miles long.

woow new Mexico, hello, so nice

Love you're videos love from New Zealand

Russ. Where you turned south in Carizozo if you turned north about 2 miles up the highway is road 349 East to White Oaks. A cool place to check out. Also you did miss out in San Antonio, two great green Chile burger places. I made this trip about 10 years ago your bringing back good memories. Thanx

My father worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos 1944-1946. He was at the Trinity detonation. Before he left, he told my mom to look south (from Los Al) at 5:30 that July morning. She saw the glow.

Your there during monsoon period... lol

I lived in San Antonio when I worked at Stallion Range. Really interesting job.

New Mexico has the 2nd largest super volcano in the US, the Valles Caldera. That lava erupted about 7000 years ago, it is called the Carrizozo Lave Flow from one little cinder cone for 30 years non-stop.

That row of satellite dishes was featured in the movie "CONTACT" with Jodie Foster.

Hi Russ, thank you for taking us on this great trip. I bet that blueberry pie you bought in Pie Town was delicious! It looked good! Just a side note, in case any of your viewers might be interested in reading some "historical fiction", there is a Trilogy written by Michael McGarrity about 3 generations of cattle ranchers who homesteaded in the San Andreas mountains and much of the story/stories take place in the Tularosa Basin. The author writes about the Trinity first Atom bomb and a lot about life on a ranch in that area. Great reading. Three books beginning with "Hard Country" which starts in the late 1880's, 2nd book is "Backlands", the 3rd is called "The Last Ranch", which includes the Trinity blast. OK, thanks.

thanks.

Really appreciate the maps. They help us "see" where you are going.

I was at the Continental Divide on i40 a few weeks ago and there was a huge Semi Accident right at the Bridge on the top!

Hi friend. I really like your videos.

Absolutely amazing all that asphalt laid down?

Very interesting can’t imagine trying to cover such vastness on horseback, all the best from the UK 🇬🇧.

Russ if you are impressed with this lava flow, try going to outside of sisters Oregon, McKenzie pass, the lava from the cascades in Oregon!!!!

Good video, bad weather.

Thank you for your road trips. Seeing country I wouldn't have seen. Was surprised to see that enormous lava field. It looks like what is happening in Iceland now. Started 3.20.21 and new fissures opened since. Can't believe how many ppl are hiking up to watch. Now folks are paying $350 for helicopter rides to the hills overlooking it all. Per local residents, Gutn Tog, his wife and dog, Polly and Valur and Art.

Missed 🥧 town last trip to New Mexico. Probably would have eaten too much pie?? Thanks for map picture on video! Happy trails to y'all

I live in New Mexico, Socorro, and I worked at White sands Missile range.

I grew up in Engle, New Mexico. West of White Sands.

Years ago I was in Gallop New Mexico talk about small.

Glad. To. See. Your. O. K. The. Weather. In Texas. And. Oklahoma. Don't. Look. To. Good. On. T. V. Be. Safe. Out. There. From. Oregon

Hi Russ, love your videos. My bro lives in taos,nm. I live in n.y.