New Mexico

With a decent nights sleep in Amarillo, we left to head east on the old route 66 stopping off at Vail before crossing the state line into New Mexico. Then a brief visit to Tucumcari which once used to boast over 1200 motel rooms.  The sad fate of these towns on the old route is that they are dying, many of the businesses are closing each week.

After a late breakfast at the Midway Point Diner , we had a photo taken by the sign showing that we were exactly halfway between Chicago and Santa Monica. Then Stuart suggested from his book that we stop off at Santa Rosa and check it out.

First sight we see is a hotrod raised above the buildings and this was a car museum and a landmark of the Route 66 Auto Museum.  Spending some time inside looking at the many cars in the collection, I sparked up a conversation with the lady in charge.  She invited me to go and have a look at the garage over the road where the guys restore the cars, but they were closing soon so I had to hurry.

Now, when I got there, they seemed a friendly bunch and I had a chat with a man named Bozo who it turns out owns the museum and the garage.  I persuaded him to be filmed and become our 5th subject of the trip.  Bozo was very comfortable in front of the camera and in spite of needing to be somewhere else he gave us all the time we needed. 

Bozo, thank you so much...