The road to Madrid is two lane, for the most part, and an easy drive with little traffic and lots of scenery.
Turquoise was mined in a small town nearby called Cerrillos. Indians mined there way back before the Spanish arrived, and then the mining boomed again in 1879.
Now, the little town of Madrid is a thriving little town with lots of little shops and their fair share of saloons and restaurants. I'm not a buyer, but I love wandering around these little towns.
Every town seems to have a building that didn't quite survive, for one reason or another. This one has a sign on the front, stating you could sit on the porch, but the house was occupied.
This side of the house looks a bit better.
I had a snack here, nice place and friendly people - and great sweet potato fries!
Somehow, this old railroad car got to be part of this restaurant.
On the way out of town is a little cottage complete with a zebra.
Mailboxes in town are very colorful, obviously lots of artistic people living here.
And further out of town - I bet this ranch was great in it's day.
On the ride home, I saw this little church up on a hill, so I went up to take a look, old time Spanish style.
This is what happens when you don't get the roof fixed.
It just happened that I noticed this store because of the truck! They didn't have my favorite flavor, but at least it was ice cream!
Wait, you missed Maggie's Diner from the movie "Wild Hogs". It is a t-shirt and souvenir shop now so we didn't get to have
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I didn't really miss it,there was no one in that parking lot all the time I was there. I don't know if they were closed that day or not.
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