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Vista with wind generators at Caprock, New Mexico

On the Road: Caprock, NM

by JHF on August 17, 2010 · 5 comments

in On the Road

Ah, it’s good to be back in New Mexico! Elevation here is 4,900 feet. Note the wind generators on the hills.

Steve Ingham August 17, 2010 at 6:19 pm

I realize they might be a necessary evil….just not sure I like them in MY (wishful thinking!!!) Backyard!??! Hmmmmmmm……….

JHF August 18, 2010 at 9:08 pm

Yo, Steve! Those things totally steal the spirit of a place. They just take it over completely.

Kile August 18, 2010 at 3:19 pm

How close is that to Hwy. 209 in Quay County?

JHF August 18, 2010 at 9:15 pm

Very good! It’s on Hwy. 469, actually. North from Grady, which is on Hwy. 209, the east-west stretch. The picture was taken in the vicinity of the Caprock Amphitheater at the entrance to the Caprock Wind Farm.

Kile August 19, 2010 at 8:11 am

The drive from Tucumcari to the top of the mesa on 209 is about my favorite drive on earth for reasons I won’t bore you with. It used to be Hwy 18, until the state decided to give the two-digit highways three digits. My grandmother, (God bless her) knowing how much I loved the drive, hunted down an old Hwy. 18 sign, that I still have today. (although it no longer hangs in my bedroom like it did before I got married).

Do they still have the Billy the Kid play at the amphitheater? I saw it about 25 years ago.

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