Along Highway 60 - Bosque Redondo Memorial

As we traveled east along this highway, the engine light came on. Of course, I thought the worst but Mike kept his head and called Workhorse and checked the manual. He also consulted a dealer and was told that it probably meant nothing since the engine was running good and all the fluids were full and not leaking... so we kept going and even stopped at another one of my "fieldtrip" spots.
We saw many towns with signs of past travelers like this motel sign - wow, tubs!

Many "fixer uppers" like this were in evidence along this stretch of road. And then we got to the fieldtrip stop.

The Bosque Redondo Memorial is located by Fort Sumner and is where 6000 Apache and Navajo Indians were rounded up and "kept" for a period of time in the 1860's. The idea of Eminent Domain was the basis for this treatment. I'm beginning to believe that the history books really are very lopsided and President Lincoln may not have been the person he is portrayed as in the books. There is not much there to look at, but the impact of the history that took place there is astounding.

Oh yea, Billy the Kid was shot here - different story.



Anyway, we were lucky enough to visit when an Apache storyteller was visiting and the guys really enjoyed that part of the visit as us girls toured the grounds.



I like this picture of two Caucasions who tell stories chatting with the Apache Storyteller.


It was a good stop.