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!
