JUNK BOAT TRAVELS: New Mexico

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25 June 2026

Weekend Roundup

Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

1. Starts with "Z" Your choice
2. A Favorite
3. ZANY - Chosen by Tom

Has a Z

FAVOURITE

ZANY

adjective - amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic. "zany humour"

13 April 2026

Foto Tunes

April 2026 - Toronto ON

Hosted by Tom The Backroads Traveller

Two of Us - Aimee Mann

Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's
Hard earned pay

You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

Two of us sending postcards

Writing letters

On my wall

You and me burning matches

Lifting latches

On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats

Standing so low

In the sun

You and me chasing paper

Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

23 March 2026

Foto Tunes

March 2026 - Toronto ON

Hosted by Tom The Backroads Traveller

Johnny Nash first recorded and released "I Can See Clearly Now" in 1972. The American singer-songwriter also wrote and produced the song, which became a smash hit that year. While covered by others, including Jimmy Cliff (1993), the original 1972 version is by Johnny Nash.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

HUE VIETNAM

I can see all obstacles in my way

HUE VIETNAM

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

TORONTO

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone

All of the bad feelings have disappeared

TORONTO

Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for

CALIFORNIA

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies

Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

NEW MEXICO

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

Gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

Oh, what a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day...

PHUKET THAILAND

26 February 2026

Throwback Thursday - Santa Rosa NM Part 2

Santa Rosa NM - Motel Signs

March 2013 - Santa Rosa NM

We'll go with an automotive Route 66 theme this week.

Santa Rosa was connected by railroad to Chicago, El Paso, and the world at large in the early 1900s.

Santa Rosa's stretch of U.S. Route 66 is part of film history. When John Steinbeck's epic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, was made into a movie, director John Ford used Santa Rosa for the memorable train scene. Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) watches a freight train steam over the Pecos River railroad bridge, into the sunset. It was also one of shooting scenes for Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw starring Lynda Carter in the titular role.

The town was the childhood home of author Rudolfo Anaya, and is the basis for the fictional town of Guadalupe in his autobiographical novel Bless Me, Ultima.

The remains of the Rio Pecos Ranch Truck Terminal. This truck stop featured a cafe at one time, and was crammed with big rigs. You can just see in the broken neon on the sign, the truck driver’s faint Howdy, which no doubt drew folks in with its friendly wave.

The terminal opened around 1955 but has been abandoned for many years and the gas pumps are long gone. In 2003 the city of Santa Rosa expressed an interest in reloacting this sign and replacing the white plastic portion with a "Welcome to Santa Rosa" message board. The owner of the sign wanted too much money and the project ell through.

Not the posts are rotting and no one is sure how much longer it can support the sign.