Crakmine opened this issue on May 01, 2003 ยท 8 posts
DHolman posted Thu, 01 May 2003 at 2:23 PM
Crak - I picked up something last year that you might wanna check out. It's a ~350 page softcover book called "Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways" by National Geographic. Comes with a map too. Too much stuff for me to type out. But here's an example from their New Mexico section that's kind of near where you're going (if you took US 180 off of 10 when you got into New Mexico): "New Mexico - Gila Scenic Byway (Loop from Silver City on NM 15, 35, 152 and US 180) *118 miles * 1/2 day * All year. Many curves make driving slow. Some sections are not recommended for RVs and trailers. Trail to cliff dwellings closes at 4pm. Within the high desert forests of Gila National Forest, this SW New Mexico route penetrates some fo the nation's largest and most remote tracts of wilderness. It passes a couple of Old West Towns, winds to ancient cliff dwellings and bypasses an immense open-pit copper mine. Make sure to leave time to visit the cliff dwellings." It then goes on for about 2 pages with point by point stops on the route with highlights in and around them that you might want to check out. There are full color photos of some of the stuff you can see. Doesn't show everything, but gives you an idea. For instance, this particular scenic drive has 2 photos: W. Fork of Gila River and a shot of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. It also has addresses, phone numbers, websites that you might need or want to call/visit before heading out on a particular drive. I bought it directly from National Geo, but they may have it in bookstores or you may be able to special order it. ISBN 0-7922-7468-7. -=>Donald