The Blue Hole and Other Curiosities in the Land of Enchantment: Roadtripping Across New Mexico
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #789
Date of adventure: 4/2 - 4/3/24
I was in no particular hurry while driving across New Mexico on Interstate 40... so I stopped at every interesting site along the way!
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Don't let others get you down, they can always "change the station right"!?
I'm looking for Mr. rude Bi-polar man who has "stalked" you for 8 years and give him a piece of my mind (I have a big head)
You are so refreshing and most entertaining, keep up the excellent work!
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Wonderhussy makes everything west of NYC enchanting with her illuminating narration and story telling!
I got so sick and headaches Fron being that high driving across USA felt better in LA
Geology 101; A butte is taller than it is wide & a mesa is wider than it is tall.
Very useful fact!
Mesa means table in espanol.
That looks like a beautiful Butte! ❤
Mesa Verde=green table
@@paulg845 hey why you. Mesa. Around???😊😊😊
Sarah, just to let you know that we have another singing road here in the Antelope Valley. After actor and local resident R. Lee Ermey sadly pass 6 years ago, the city of Palmdale honored him by renaming a portion of west Avenue N "R. Lee Ermey Avenue". They also made a portion of this avenue a singing road. It plays the Marine Corps Hymn in his honor, since Lee was a Marine and Vietnam veteran.
The first musical road in USA was built in Lancaster. It’s now West Avenue G, after being moved from original location. Plays William Tell Overture, Lone Ranger theme. Created for a 2008 Honda Civic commercial. Fun to drive on as I did a few years ago.
What a great gentleman who was running the gift store....
Hey, Jack Henry
Everywhere Wonderhussy goes is enchanted! She makes everything more fun and exciting. NM just makes a gorgeous background for the amazing and vivacious Wonderhussy!!❤
As a truck driver I would stop at Chief Yellow House for cigars cause they have the best prices on them
Husband speaking age 81 reminds me of my trip out of Ariz. on my way home from the Air Force, 1967 age 24. I stoped at one of
those little gotcha stands. There was a very old Indian sitting on the ground doing a very beautiful sand painting. I asked the clerk behind
the counter if I could take a picture, leave a tip in the bowl, dropped my buck, took one picture out of my 12 picture roll and was on my way.
@janetceniza8091 Thank you for your service Husband speaking age 81. Loved the story 🌵
In 67 I was stationed at Kirkland AFB NM and I was driving along with friends on a mesa and I decided to stop and walk into a adobe. Indians were sitting on the floor eating when I walked in. I was intruding but dumb enough to do what I did. Whew!
I like that guy! Yellowhorse! He chuckled at Eclipse, I am with him. Nice hats in that store.
We modern humans might chuckle but it was nothing to chuckle at a few hundred years ago.
I guess the two musical roads you have experienced are the only two in the US. We need more, life is too serious. Love them.
Agreed.
YOU SEEM TO BE GETTING MORE SANE. IN YOUR OLD AGE
i could hear From Sea to Shining Sea.
Wonderhussy, I think you are at the top of your game right now. This episode is fantastic! You really understand the Entertainment Biz.Story telling, editing. In my eyes, you are at the top o' the UA-cam charts! My message to you: Don't Stop!
That musical road is 10 minutes from my house. I drive it often. So cool watching you drive by where I live.
I lived in New Mexico for about 20 years,The Blue Hole is one of my very favorite places on earth. My Father's Day gift every year used to be to go swimming at The Blue Hole in Santa Rosa,NM. Lay up on the rocks and get HOT,then jump into that nice cold, blue water. Nothing better!
I love The Land of Enchantment aka "Home of the Plague,Land of the Flea". Thanks for the memories,Wonderhussy!
We have a couple "blue holes" in Ohio. One was a tourist attraction from the 1920s to 1990. One is now part of the ODNR fish hatchery.
@@ripvanrevs I was born in Ohio and visited the Blue Hole in Castalia as a child. This would have been in the mid-1950's. I vaguely remember being there !
I actually heard it. That is so cool. I never knew that kind of thing existed. Thanks for sharing.
I always smile while watching your wonderful storytelling, thanks Wonderhussy.
Sarah, thanks for a trip down memory lane. My dad was born in a coal mining town in northeastern New Mexico over a hundred years ago. I have fond memories of summer road trips from California back to Texas along old Route 66. We would attend family reunions and rodeos around the Texas Panhandle back in the 50's and 60's. We also had family and friends to visit in Arizona and New Mexico along the way. I sometimes think that most of us who live here take the southwestern U.S.A. for granted. It's amazing to see the reaction from tourists from Europe or the U.K. seeing this part of our country for the very first time.
Have you ever met Elley from the "Elley Knows Rocks" UA-cam channel? It would be great to see you guys plan a rockhounding trip and do an episode together. I think that you would hit it off great.
This is the kind of History I like and I like Elley knows rocks. They would be a great meeting with Sarah Jane
Dawson NM?
@@bradyanspaugh4531 Yes!
Over 30 years ago, after my father had passed away, I was flying on a business trip and was sitting next to a lady from Albuquerque. We started talking. I mentioned that father was born in a mining town in New Mexico that no longer exists. She asked me if the town was Dawson, because she was the last baby born at the Dawson hospital before it was closed in the early '50's. I said yes and that my dad's family moved there from Arkansas in 1907 and moved to Trinidad, CO in 1929, because my grandfather worked for the railroad. She asked me if any of my family had ever attended any of the Dawson reunions over the past years. She gave me the name of a person to contact in Cimarron and I attended in 1990. I am planning on going this year.
@@bradyanspaugh4531 Yes!
My dad's family moved to Dawson from Arkansas in 1907 because my grandfather was offered a job as a brakeman on the railroad. My dad was born in Dawson in 1921. The family moved to Trinidad, CO with the railroad in 1929, and then to Dalhart, TX in 1930. I did get to attend the Dawson picnic and reunion for the first and only time back in 1990.
I plan on attending this year. This might be the last time because the property is currently for sale (see: "Dawson Elk Ranch" for sale).
@@bradyanspaugh4531 Yes, my dad's family lived there from 1907 until 1929 when my grandfather was transferred to Trinidad, CO. with the railroad and later to Dalhart, TX in 1930. My dad was born in Dawson in 1921. I was able to attend the Dawson Reunion back in 1990. I plan on going again this year.
Great video Sarah!
There's a lot of interesting and beautiful places in New Mexico.
Thanks for letting us tag along.
Safe travels!
Lol Ac Dc I’ve got the biggest balls of them of them all 😂
Hi, from me in Albuquerque, Lady Wonderhussy!! Have a wonderful and safe journey through "The Land of Enchantment"!! ❤
Totally agree that New Mexico is truly The Land of Enchantment. You can feel it when you are there!
I think of Lowell George, Little Feat and the song “Willin” when you mentioned you were going to Tucumcari. Thanks for sharing🙂👍🏻
Love this. When you travel with kids, you just want to get to the destination. Now, I wish I had the money to travel and check out these places, that I never knew existed. Thank you.
Always Makes My Day When There Is A New Post From WONDERHUSSY !!!!! XXOO V
Thanks for sharing another fun adventure stay safe 🎉
My family drove a 57 chevy with trailer , all the way from southern Il. To San Francisco and back. All the way on Route 66. We were gone a month.
Fun video on the route we’ve traveled so many times. Blue Hole is lovely. Thanks for another episode.
Very cool…. Thanks for sharing!
New Mexico has its merits. Thats for sure~
Thank you SO much for saying state line instead of border! Kudos to you!! Love your videos. 😊
The Blue Hole is good to know about, bet it's crowded during hotter days. Always good to know cooling off places when roadtripping.
Yes, it can be very crowded. It doesn't take away the wonder of the place though. I stop there whenever I go through, even middle of winter.
Well, that was enchanting! Thank you, Sarah Jane.
That musical road was so freakin' cool!
I HEARD IT!!!! HOW NEAT! I love coming along with you!
The Blue hole looked really cool, thanks for posting.
I was stationed in new mexico in the Air force for 5 years. Stationed in Clovis there wasnt a lot going on there. They were kind of stuck in the 50's there so had to find a way to entertain myself. I have always been a history guy and I had a jeep Wrangler and literally criss crossed that state up and down and found it to be just as they say, "Enchanting". So much history and so many hidden treasures. To someone who has never been it has a reputation of being a wasteland but really its a beautiful state. Explore south to north along I25 up through the lincoln forrest. Its magical.
Hey WH....very cool video. Loved the Chief Yellow horse III souvenir shop. The Blue Hole was awesome as well. I'm sure when it gets a lot warmer that place gets quite busy. It was cool to see New Mexico, my father was born in Albuquerque so nice to see what's around in New Mexico. Love the abandoned homes you visited.....love that stuff like you do. 👍 Thanks for sharing another awesome video....
in the Land of Enchantment!!! Love ya girl.... happy travels and trails! 🥾🚙👍👓👙💕
I never knew we had "musical roads". One more thing to add to my bucket list! Thanks :)
#2 much younger days before wife, got lots of dust catchers. I would take a picture out of my old 12 shot roll and then find a post
card of the same historical object and put both in my album which is now a historical object because todays generation do not know what
a photo album is or was. All their pictures are some where up in the clouds that are seldom ever looked at again. ( just ask my son )
I really just watch these because I enjoy the way you articulate. Keep up the good work.
Wonderhussy, the kind of wonderful person who can put a great “yearn” about absolutely anything. Love her and all her honesty.
Cool musical road. Yes, I heard the music. I didn't know about musical roads, but if your are
ever in Salt Lake City there is a gravity hill right by the capital building. You can put your car in neutral and the car will roll backwards up the hill!
I heard "from sea to shining sea" clear as day. Sounded a lot better than when I visited in late 2019, lol
Just a note to let you know. I have been following you for about a year now and you, my dear, are a national treasure. EXCELLENT WORK. KEEP'EM COMING. thank you! From Bocas Del Toro, Panama.
I’m glad I got to see the Blue Hole. How great having it to yourself. In the fall 2022, my husband and I did a road trip through 7 different states, hiking, visiting friends, family and other random things. The Blue Hole was on our list, but we got there too late and had to be in Albuquerque the next morning. We could only find one restaurant for dinner in Santa Rosa, NM that wasn’t a drive thru. It was cute and had an art gift shop but the food was bordering on bad. I wish we could have gone. It looks really fun!
Good episode. Well you definitely earned my respect. I've been through a lot of dangerous situations in my life. But I have just one phobia, and its clear deep water. Hat's off to you Wonderhussy for floating across the Blue Hole on your famous yellow tube!!
Your channel is truly the best!! 🙂
New mexico has a petrified forest and an scenic view of the painted dessert thank you wonderhussy
That's awesome what a wonderful dip in some gorgeous waters
OK Huss, you get lots of points for this one! Great video and the Blue Hole (and the Santa Rosa area in general) is way cool!
Thanks WH! 🥰 Road trips with you are amazing.
I have lived in Lincoln county New Mexico since 97. Love New Mexico.
Do you think she would like exploring White Oaks?
@@drkskyes yep cool place where Billy the kid hung out.
Loving this roadtrip with you Wonderhussy! :-)
thank you your friend from Georgia
Cute little toesies… 🦶. Love New Mexico! Saw the annular eclipse and Balloon Fiesta there last October in Albuquerque
THANKS!
My favorite Hussy ❤️
love tucumcari! passed thru there myself a couple weeks ago! great old “has-been” places, plus ol vehicles!
"Seen it all!" She says...🤣 No ma'am you haven't. So much more beauty to see and explore in my beautiful state, maybe someday you can indulge.
Thanks for the video.
❤💯
So excited for this! ❤NM. I lived there in the 90s and go back as much as possible.
That musical road was amazing! I guess your jeep was the stylus, on the road, the grove.
luvin it !
i had NO IDEA what 'the continental divide' was until i just watched this video! thank you, wonderhussy . . . i never knew about the 'driving sound' songs!! i do believe it . . .
I can drive in a couple days to get from either coast to The Land of Enchantment and, if I have the time, enjoy a month there exploring it's wonders, before spending another couple days getting to the other coast. Thanks, Sarah for sharing your adventures with us!
Such a beautiful person, I’m so glad you have no shame anymore.
STAY SAFE!!
Very interesting and fun video Sarah 🥰
Hi Miss Wonder. Welcome back to our beautiful state. I live in Tijeras, near the Musical Highway. When I was a lot younger, the entire song could be heard. But, repairs over time have covered up most of the musical divots. Still, it was killer to hear it on YT. Thanks! Come again. 🙂
-> Yes, not only AZ, with its amazing Grand Canyon, & the Meteor Crater, but NM is also a really neat place to visit.. 🏜️ & yes, hot springs & healing centers.. Experienced All of it in the past, like on our road trips, & on the way to Texas.. Glad you had a great time, WH!! Divine Angelic Best to ALL!! 😻🙇🏻♀️🙏🏼🕊️👼🏻🌤️🌞
Saw this place on another video called " Through my lens" a few years back. Super cool place! Would love to visit it someday. Thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you appreciate the beauty of New Mexico. We love New Mexico (and Arizona). And, the desert in general.
I grew up by the ocean, but we would drive through Death Valley every summer on the way to the High Sierras, and I was always so mesmerized!
❤ the musical Route 66!😊
Thanks W.H. love your humor!
You are brave and hardy, and nobody else could make the scene. And you didn't get your hair wet. Fun fun to watch you take it all in. Also, cheap
My home state, WELCOME!!!
Thanks for taking the time to see New Mexico, part of it, big state, lots of abandoned stuff here to investigate along with plenty of other stuff to see and do! Lots to eat also did you try the New Mexican food, home of the REAL chile pod, New Mexico Green/Red chile! Such good suff all those other type of food outside the state are cheap imitations!
You need to come back and go to the Balloon Fiesta, 500+ hot air balloons flying around ABQ in October or just come back, good to see you outside of your comfort zone!!
Thanks for the tour! What would you have named the "teakettle" rock? You left us hanging!
Something rude I bet.😅
I could hear it, and yes it was very cool. I totally agree with you on the I-40 thing, there is really isn't much in the way of anything except bushes, between Flag and the Grand Canyon, unless you go east a little bit. You got Sunset Crater, Snowbowl, Wupatki, there's a lava field, I believe Meteor Crater is close to I-40 I think. So AZ does have some interesting points unfortunately it's all east. How a SENOTE is formed, the underground chamber is full of water, usually from an underground river or aquafer, eroding the limestone, over time as the water goes down there is nothing supporting the limestone basically and the roof collapses, leaving a hole, over time the rains fill the hole with water. If I miss my guess Montezuma Well is a SENOTE'. Your videos are always cool Sarah
Wonderhussy, good to see you traveling on the old Rt. 66 east of Alubquerque, NM. There was a time sometime back when I was a Greyhound bus driver that took that trip from Alq. to Amarillo, TX on Route 66. Interesting to see the 'landscape" hasn't changed much!
❤ most enjoyable ❤
Thank you....👍🤠
I did my PADI Openwater Certification there. It was awesome!
You meet the most amazing people , on your travels !
Glad to have you pass through. Adios and Vaya con Dios.
That would be a great swimming hole in the Summer I bet it’s super popular when it’s hot. We have a couple of blue holes in Florida in the springs. We also have devils den a popular attraction
I thought we were looking at huge dug out sections under the tea kettle! Make Chief Great Again 👍
In 1960 our family drove from Los Angeles to the east coast. In Arizona, there were billboards along the road about every two miles saying to "Stop at Chief Yellowhorse" (Similar to those for "The Thing" and "Jack Rabbit Trading Post" today.) And so we did.
Back in the day , while living in Barstow Ca, I remember Chief Yellowhorse advertising “ Cave Buffalo” we would stop there on our way to visit family and friends in Conway Arkansas. Road trips are the best. Another memorable site is the “STINKY COWS” cattle pen right before you get into Amarillo Tx
Yeah, I've driven by it on I-40 enough times to know to switch the AC to "'recirculate" just before I get there.
Hi Sara, all the years I drove thru New Mexico I remember there being so many cool looking abandoned houses and businesses. It was always my favorite part of NM. Fun trip with you on route 66
Just read your latest email and I also LOVE Steely Dan! Great drivin' music!!! 👍 😎
I heard it. Very cool.
Have to tell you about one of MY favorite places in New Mexico …. You should see the “Gila Wilderness Area” in southern part ….. extending into Arizona… I read about a hot spring on the western part…. Beautiful area, and deceptive as it seems hidden by the desert around it, then you drop into the “Wilderness”, full of giant trees, and the spring fed “Gila River”…. AND, there are Cliff dwellings !!
great road trip. thank you for taking us along
I have a photo of my 5 work buddies in Colorado standing on a mountain looking at the Continental Divide. While cold, the weather was perfect. A few hundred miles each way
Great episode Sarah. It's been a while since we had a good ol abandoned place to explore.
Hi Sarah!!!
Nice swimming hole! Thanks for sharing!
I am catching up with this episode. Have a wonderful evening.
As you passed through, you missed a great lil diner. I saw it and happy to see it is still alive and kicking
Yes, I heard the music from the road, not really loud, but it’s there! That is really cool!
What an enchanting video that was! Glad you found some stuff to look at on the way to Arkansas, and hope you find more to explore along the way heading back home along 66, unless you are in a big hurry.
Wow, that pool is amazing.
I remember the one road you went on a few years back, I could hear this one too. Very cool video Sarah, will put it on my list to go see on my trip down R66. My 55 Chevy will be ready to go in a few years and going the whole way but not to Chicago, not even take a 💩.😂