Great American Road Trip-Day 2 Review


We made it to Taos, NM where we spent the night last night! You'll have to wait until tomorrow for the stats from yesterday, because it's about 20 degrees out here and I left my folder with all the info in the car and there is zero chance I'll be running out to get it.

I suppose I should begin this entry with where we stayed last night, which coincidentally has helped me to tick off one more item on my list, #89, Spend a night at the Wigwam Village Hotel in Arizona. I'll tell ya, it lived up to every expectation!





The owner of this fine establishment owns a fairly extensive collection of antique cars which he parks in front of the wigwam's. Here's a couple shots of the cooler ones:







The Wigwam Village Hotel is in Holbrook, Arizona,which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. We drove around the outskirts of town to see what else we could find, which turned out to be a whole lot of nothing, but we got some pretty sweet shots anyway:







The next stop on our trip is probably the most quirky piece of Americana I have ever seen: Stonefridge, a.k.a, Fridgehenge. Yes folks, that's right, a Stonehenge made entirely out of refrigerators. You will not believe your eyes:





Fridgehenge is located about 1.5 hours outside of Santa Fe up a mountain road that would make you think you are never going to find anything. But behold! Fridehenge is known as "a post modern, post apocalyptic temple to waste and consumerism". Made up of 200 fridges, it actually faces an electrical power plant. I don't know what this means, but it must be significant.









After leaving this piece of beauty, we saw the most perfect little house off the side of the road and just had to go check it out:



Next stop: Tiny Town. Tiny Town is actually a small piece of property a couple miles north of Madrid, NM. An artist lives there, and her motto is, "If it's not dead, broken or rusted, I just can't use it!". She has made a miniature town entirely out of bones and discarded things. It is very very strange. We did not meet the artist, but apparently she encourages passerby to bring her roadkill and scraps:









After leaving Tiny Town, we still had about 45 minutes left of daylight, so Becker suggested we check out the next town, Cerillos. It was no match for Chloride, but we did find some awesome things to shoot here:





















Today we are spending the day in Taos, NM--it's going to be great! Go to BECKER'S BLOG to see his take on yesterday!

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Posted: Sat - January 20, 2007 at 09:09 AM          

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